Surname Emiliani
Origin and meaning
Spread sporadically throughout Italy, with a higher frequency in Emilia, the base is in part the name Emiliano, which continues, with a late and learned tradition, the Roman surname Aemilianus, derived from Aemilius, but, above all in the north, it is the patronymic Emiliano, "inhabitant, native of Emilia".
💡 The surname Emiliani also appears as variant of the surname Emidia in other studies consulted in this project.
Variants
Altered forms and derivatives
Geographic distribution: Veneto
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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:
- De Felice, E. (1978). Dizionario dei cognomi italiani. Milano: Mondadori.
- De Laurentiis, F. (2003). Cognomi occhiobellesi. Storia, curiosità, significati e classifiche. Occhiobello: Teatro Polivalente di Occhiobello (T.P.O.). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20030516113456/http://www.comune.occhiobello.ro.it/cognomi/