Surname Rende

Origin and meaning

E. De Felice and E. Rossoni agree that the surname was formed from the place name Rende, in the Cosenza area.

Rossoni specifies that it is specific to that area.

Variants

Altered forms and derivatives

Geographic distribution: Calabria and north-eastern Sicily

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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:

  • 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