SURNAMES IN ITALY

Murialdi

This form is a variant of the surname Murialdo.

Origin and meaning

E. De Felice notes that this surname derives from the place name Murialdo, a locality in the province of Savona, in Liguria.

R. Brondolo broadens this origin: the surname comes both from place names of the province of Savona and from a personal name documented in the provinces of Alessandria and Genoa. He proposes a Latin-Germanic etymology, from the compound maurus-wald, with the sense of "black mountain". Brondolo further notes a presence of the surname in Lombardy and in the canton of Ticino, in Switzerland.

Variants

Geographic distribution: Central Liguria, Savona

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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.
  • Brondolo, R. (2004, May 23). Questioni di nomi e di terre [Weekly newspaper article]. L'Ancora. https://web.archive.org/brondolo_nomi_1.html