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Esposito (Italian pronunciation: [eˈspɔːzito]) is an Italian surname. It ranks the fourth most common surname in Italy. [1] It is especially common in Campania in general and in Naples in particular. [2] [3]
A name in the Italian language consists of a given name (Italian: nome) and a surname (cognome); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname, although in official documents, the surname may be written before the given name or names. Italian names, with their fixed nome and cognome structure, differ from the ancient Roman ...
Tedesco (or Todesco, or Todisco; plural "Tedeschi") is an Italian word for "German". Etymologically, it derives from Theodiscus, sharing the same root of German "Deutsch". Both Tedesco and Tedeschi are common surnames among Italians, both in Italy and in the diaspora. The surname and its variants means someone from Germany.
As a surname, Mona can have two origins. In Italian and Greek, it is a feminine form of Moni which is a short form of Simone, the Italian form of Simon. In Arabic countries, it is derived from the given name Muna, meaning "unreachable wishes". It is the plural form of the word Munia (مـُـنيه). [6] Notable people with the surname include:
The name Roland originates from Frankish.Its meaning has usually been identified as "famous land," "from the famous land," or "fame of the land", derived from the stems "Hrōð" or "χrōþi" meaning fame, and "land" (Hrōþiland).
Fauci is an Italian surname. It is derived from the Sicilian word for "sickle", and originated as an occupational surname referring metonymically to sickle makers or people who used sickles. [1] [2] In Italy, 151 families bear the surname Fauci, with 67 in Sicily and 35 in Campania. [3]
It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (see also Ares) or from the Latin maris "male". [1] [2] [3] Mariano and Marian are sometimes seen as a conjunction of the two female names Mary and Ann. [4] This name is an homage to The Virgin Mary ...
Herman is a masculine given name, from an ancient Germanic name consisting of the elements harja-"army" and mann-"man". Hermine is the feminine form of Herman. [1] It is first recorded in the 8th century, in the forms Hariman, Heriman, Hairman, Herman.