SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Asperti

Origin and meaning

The authors agree that Asperti is a surname derived from a medieval personal name of Germanic origin.

E. Rossoni derives it from the name Anspertus and recalls the archbishop of the Milan area who bore that name, Ansperto Confalonieri, who held the office between 868 and 881.

Surnames in Italy considers it an anthroponymic surname of wide diffusion, derived from the Germanic name Ansbert, meaning "luminous as a god". It also notes that Asperti, like other surnames of the same root, presents the typical consonant shift that transforms the voiced stops into voiceless ones (or the p into f).

Geographic distribution: Bergamo area: Martinengo, Covo, Bergamo and Bolgare

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Comparative analysis based on 2 authors: where they agree, the hypothesis is strengthened; where they differ, the alternative interpretations are presented.

Sources

This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:

  • Rossoni, E. (2002). Origine e storia dei cognomi italiani. Retrieved from https://www.cognomiitaliani.org
  • Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.