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FRONTE

Front seems to be specific of southern Sicily, of Pachino, Noto, Siracusa and Avola in the Syracuse area, and of Ispica and Modica in the Ragusa area, it could derive from the medieval name Fronte with the meaning of wish that the forefather can be a bastion of faith, but it is also It is possible instead to deal with hypocoristic forms of medieval names such as Malafronte or Grandefronte.

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


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