Surname History and Distribution

This information was obtained from mondotrentino.net, alfemminile.com, and the GENS Project.



ANESI

There are 280 people in Italy with the Anesi surname.

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Some believe the name derives from ŕnes, a dialectal name for the anice plant(Pimpinella anisum). Others believe it orginates from the name of John (from the Latin Iohannes, adaptation of the Hebrew name Yohanan, "God had mercy"). 

The surname is widespread in the Trentini areas of Pergine, Civezzano, Piné.

Some variants include: ANES, ANESIN, ANESINI, ANNES, ANNESI, ANNESIN, DEANESI DE ANESI.

BROSEGHINI

There are 135 people in Italy with the Broseghini surname.

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The name is possibly formed and/or originates from Brusago, a village in Bedollo on the Piné plateau. It is also possible the name is derived from a Latin personal name (Brucius or Bruttius) or from brusso, a dialectal name. Additionally, the name may originate from a nickname of the dialectal word, bruseghin (bruciore).

The name has several variations. Broseghini is typical of Baselga di Piné (TN). Bruseghin has origins in Campo San Martino (PD) and San Giorgio Delle Pertiche (PD). Bruseghini has origins from Trentino to Rovereto (TN), as well as from Lombardy to Caspoggio (SO).

GIOVANNINI

There are 4,513 people in Italy with the Giovannini surname.

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GIROTTI

There are 1,016 people in Italy with the Girotti surname.

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Girotti has origins in the Marche Province, between Civitanova and Monte San Giusto, and also around Fermo (AP). The derivative, Girotto, is found around Bologna and is typically of the Veneto origin.

MATTIVI

There are 275 people in Italy with the Mattivi surname.

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The ancient origin of the Mattivi name is Hebrew and believed to have originated from the words Mattithyah or Mattitya (an abbreviated form of Mattithyah). The literal Hebrew meaning of the name is “Gift of God,” as translated through a breakdown of the words, with mattah meaning gift, and Yah (abbreviation of Yahvé) of God or of God of Israel. The Greek derivative is Matthaios and Latin, Mattheus. The Mattivi name, as well as various derivatives, is formed from the base names of Mattei, Matteo, or Mattia. Mattivi is prevalent throughout the Trentino region of Italy. Dematte, Mattevi, and Mattivi originate in the zones of Pergine, Civezzano, and Piné. Some variants are also found in Adige (Matte), Val di Cembra (Mattedi), and Valsugana (Matteoni and Mattiatto).

Derivatives include: MATTEI, MATTEO, MATTEIS, MATTEA, MATTEDI, MATTEVI, MATTIA, MAFFEI, MAFFEO, MAFFII, MAFFI, MASSEI, MASSEO, MAZZEI, MAZZEO, MAZZEA, MAZZIA, MAZZI, MATTICH, MATTIELLO, MATTIELLI, MATTEINI, MATTEUCCI, MATUCCI, MATTEUZZI, MATTIUZZI, MATTIUSSI, MATUSSI, MATTEOLI, MATTIOLI, MATTEOTTI MATTEONI, MATTIONI, MATTEACCI, MATTIACCI, MATTIAZZI, MATTIAZZO, MATTIASSO, MATTIASSI MATTIATO, MAFFETTI, MAFFINI, MAFFINA, MAFFUCCI, MAFUCCI, MAFFIOLI, MAFFIOLETTI, MAFFEZZOLI, MAFFIOTTI MAFFULLI, MAFFIONI, MAFFONE, MAFEZZONI, MAFFETTONE, MAZZELLA, MAZZILLI, MAZZIOTTI, MAZZIOTTO, MAZZIOTTA, MAZZULLO

MERLO

There are 5,775 people in Italy with the Merlo surname.

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The name Merlo, according to one account, originates from the Latin merula, meaning "blackbird." As such, the blackbird has come to symbolize the name and has been characterized as a symbol of naitivity, and by contrast, according to different local traditions, sly or shrewd.

By another account, Merlo is habitational place-name, which is a type of hereditary surname, and is derived from the name of the place in which the first bearer lived. Under this theory, Merlo is believed to be derived from Morlaix, in Brittany, a peninsula in the northwest of France. Formerly known as Armorica, a possession of the Roman Empire, this land consists of a plateau with a deeply indented coast and is broken by hills in the west.

Spelling variations include: Marlowe, Marloe, Marleau, Marlow and others. First found in Cheshire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.