SURNAMES IN ITALY

Miorini

This form is an altered form of the surname Migliore.

Origin and meaning

F. De Laurentiis notes that this surname derives from the auspicious term migliore ("better"), the comparative of "good", and that it in part continues the Late Latin personal name Melior, of broad diffusion in the Middle Ages.

A. Bongioanni proposes that the given name Migliore possibly corresponds to Melchiorre, and groups under this root the surnames Migliorati, Miglioretti and Migliorini. For the Friulian Miorini, however, Bongioanni considers the derivation from the adjective itself more direct, without passing through the given name.

Altered forms and derivatives

Geographic distribution: Friuli

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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:

  • Bongioanni, A. (1940). Nomi e Cognomi. Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche. Milano: Fratelli Bocca.
  • 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/