Miano
This form is an altered form of the 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".
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/