SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Guzzinati

Origin and meaning

E. Rossoni notes that this surname is proper to Ferrara and its area, as well as to Bologna, in the region of Emilia-Romagna. He reads it as a patronymic form, in which the suffix -ati would indicate "the sons of a Guzzino".

F. De Laurentiis considers it a variant of the surname Guzzon.

💡 The surname Guzzinati also appears as altered form of the surname Gucci in other studies consulted in this project.

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:

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