SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Gavirati

Origin and meaning

E. De Felice notes that the surname was formed from the place name Gavirate, a locality of the province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy. He adds that the form Gavirago, an old variant of the name of that place, is documented from 1196, and that the related surname Gaviraghi refers to it.

E. Rossoni agrees on the toponymic origin referring to Gavirate and places its presence mainly in the Milan area.

Variants

Geographic distribution: Upper Lombardy

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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 Felice, E. (1978). Dizionario dei cognomi italiani. Milano: Mondadori.
  • Rossoni, E. (2002). Origine e storia dei cognomi italiani. Retrieved from https://www.cognomiitaliani.org