SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Noli

Origin and meaning

The authors agree that this surname derives from the place name Noli, a locality situated in the province of Savona, in Liguria. E. De Felice and F. De Laurentiis place it specifically in central Liguria, while E. Rossoni specifies that it corresponds to the Savona area and notes its presence also in the Genoa area, in Sardinia and possibly in the Siena area.

Altered forms and derivatives

Geographic distribution: Central Liguria

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Drawing on 3 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:

  • De Felice, E. (1978). Dizionario dei cognomi italiani. Milano: Mondadori.
  • 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/