Bagardi is practically unique and could be of Bergamese origin, Bagordi, almost unique, it would seem Pugliese, Bagordo has a stock in Noale in the Venetian dialect, a very small one in Monfalcone in the Gorizia region and in Trieste, and one, the main one, in Puglia in Monopoli in the Bari , in Cellino San Marco and Fasano in the Brindisi area and in Montemesola in the area of Taranto, these surnames could derive from nicknames that indicate in the progenitors probably of the eaters, but most probably derive directly or through dialectal alterations from the medieval Germanic name Baghard, in turn composed from the terms baga (war, contention) and hard (hard). Traces of these surnames can be found in the will of Bonvesin de la Riva drawn up in Milan in 1313, where among other things we can read: "... Paganinus filus quondam Bagardi de Cortina de Vicomercato (Vimercate (MI)) contracted Sanctii Michallis ad Cluxam ... ".
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