Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

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CALEF | CALEFFA | CALEFFI | CALEFFO

Calef, extremely rare, is present sporadically in the Umbrian, Marche, with a small stock in Senigallia, Caleffa, absolutely rare, is specific to the Vicenza area, Caleffi is widespread in the area that includes Verona, Mantua and Parma. the Reggio, Modena, Bologna and Ferrara dialects, Caleffo, almost unique, would appear to be from the Veronese area, could derive from the Hebrew name Caleb or even from an alteration of Haleb, the current Aleppo in Syria, probable place of origin of families. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli The surname Caleffi is of supernominal origin and stems from the ancient Italian calèffo «burla» and from caleffare «joke». The personal name Calleffus is present in a Modenese paper of 1163. Source: F. Violi, Surnames in Modena and in the Modena area.

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Cale
Nobles: España (Castilla)
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Calé
Nobles: España (Castilla)
Nobility: Señores - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Caleboso
Nobles: España
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Calefato
Variations Last name: Calafato
Nobles: Italia (Toscana - Sicilia)
Nobility: Baroni
Language of the text: Italiano

Caleffi
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caleijo
Nobles: España
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Caleja
Nobles: España
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Calejo
Nobles: España
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Calella
Nobles: España (Cataluña)
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

Calenda
Variations Last name: Calendano - Calendaria - Calendo - Calendo
Nobles: Italia (Campania)
Nobility: Baroni - Patrizi
Language of the text: Italiano

Calafato
Variations Last name: Calefato
Nobles: Italia (Sicilia)
Nobility: Baroni
Language of the text: Italiano

Calendi
Variations Last name: Calenda
Nobles: Italia (Toscana - Campania)
Nobility: Nobili - Baroni
Language of the text: Italiano

Calesci
Variations Last name: Calesi
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Calesi
Variations Last name: Calesci
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

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Cale
Nobles: France (Nantes)
Nobility: Famille Noble - Chevaliers - Seigneurs
Language of the text: Français

Caleandro
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caleari
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Signori
Language of the text: Italiano

Calebergh
Nobles: Deutschland
Nobility: Adelsfamilie - Ritter
Language of the text: Deutsch

Caledo
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Calefat
Nobles: France (Nantes)
Nobility: Famille Noble - Chevaliers - Seigneurs
Language of the text: Français

Calefati
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Baroni - Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caleffa
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Caleffo
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Calega
Nobles: Italia
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano