SURNAMES IN ITALY

Filippini

This form is a variant of the surname Filippi.

Origin and meaning

Pan-Italian, its base is the name Filippo, which continues the Latin surname of the republican age, converted in the Christian age and in Christian environments into a simple personal name, Philippus, an adaptation of the Greek name Philippos, which properly means "the one who loves horses, friend of horses".

Variants

Geographic distribution: Veneto

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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:

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