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GEMIGNANI | GEMIGNANO | GEMINIANI | GIMIGNANI | GIMIGNANO | GIMINIANI | GIMINIANO | ZEMIGNANI

Gemignani, Gemignani, typically Tuscan, is typical of Lucca, Gimignani is Florentine, Gemignano and Gimignano, almost unique, are probably only a variant of the previous one due to errors of transcription, Geminiani is typical of the Ravenna area, with strains also in nearby Imola and Pesaro, Geminiano, practically unique, is due to a transcription error, Giminiani, extremely rare, could be either Marche or Abruzzese, Zemignani, very very rare, it is typical of the lombardoveneto, should all derive, directly or through dialectal alterations, from toponyms as San Gemignano (LU), San Gimignano (SI) or similar, but it is also possible a direct derivation from the medieval name Geminianus of which we have an example in

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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