SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Chiappino

Origin and meaning

Chiappino is specific to the province of Alessandria and neighboring Genova. It could derive from the place name (place name) Chiappero, a frazione from the commune of Envie. The origin of this surname (and place name) would be in the nicknames derived from the German word 'klappa' (trap) or the Latin word 'clapare' (capture), related to hunting. Remember that a group of Ligurian communes were assigned to the province of Alessandria. The addition of suffixes, so common in Italian surnames, gave

💡 The surname Chiappino also appears as variants of the surnames Chiapero and Chiappa in other studies consulted in this project.

Geographic distribution: province of Alessandria and neighboring Genova

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Entry compiled from specialized sources on Italian surname studies.

Sources

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

  • Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.