SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Mambretti

Origin and meaning

The surname is held to go back to a vanished medieval locality, with a documented presence in Monza from the 12th century and a connection with families of Ghibelline leaning.

E. Rossoni notes that the surname is characteristic of the north of the Milan area and proposes a toponymic origin: it could derive from Mombretto di Mediglia or from the vanished place name Montebretus, of which a mention exists in the archive of the notaries of Milan for the year 1445, where a Lancilotto de Montebreto is cited.

Geographic distribution: 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:

  • Rossoni, E. (2002). Origine e storia dei cognomi italiani. Retrieved from https://www.cognomiitaliani.org
  • Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.