Surname Beccacece
Origin and meaning
According to Rossoni, the surname derives from an old Marche dialectal nickname based on the term beccacece, used to refer to a simple, trusting or naive person in a cordial sense. The nickname would have passed from generation to generation until it became a family surname.
Variants
Geographic distribution: Beccacece: surname typical of Ancona and Macerata. Beccaceci: typical of the Ancona area, with a small cluster in the Teramo and Rome areas
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This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary integrates the information available in specialized onomastic studies.
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