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ALENGHI

Alenghi, almost unique, would seem Lombard, from the Brescia area, Cremona, in particular, should derive from the Italianization of the medieval Germanic name Alengrim, composed by the terms ale (all, of the whole) and grim (wild, hard, strong), with the sense of a man with wild strength.

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


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