SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Scigliano

Origin and meaning

E. De Felice identifies this surname as proper to the north of Calabria, formed from the place name Scigliano, a locality of the Cosenza area.

E. Rossoni agrees in noting the place name Scigliano, in the Cosenza area, as the probable place of origin of the family line, and specifies that the surname is typical of that zone, although he also records a smaller nucleus in the Messina area.

Geographic distribution: Northern Calabria

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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