SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Begnis

Origin and meaning

It would derive from a dialectal form of the medieval Germanic name Benisius, probably borne by the ancestor.

Geographic distribution: Lombardy (Bergamo area: Lenna, San Giovanni Bianco, Valnegra)

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Drawing on 2 authors, this entry presents the different hypotheses about the origin of the surname, avoiding a single oversimplified explanation.

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.