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GASTALDELLI | GASTALDELLO | GASTALDI | GASTALDIN | GASTALDINI | GASTALDO | GASTAUDO | GASTOLDI

Gastaldelli, very rare, is typical of the Verona area, Gastaldello is specific to the area that includes the Vicenza area and the Paduan, Gastaldi and Gastaldo are widespread in Liguria, Piedmont, Western Lombardy and Veneto, Gastaldin, very rare, has a stock in Vedelago and Morgano in Trevisano and Portogruaro in the Venetian dialect, Gastaldini, almost unique, seems to be of the Sondriese, Gastoldi would seem typical of the Bergamo area, Gastaudo has a small stock in the Imperia area and one in Turin and Cuneo, deriving directly or through various hypocoristic or dialectal forms , from nicknames originated from the medieval word gastaldo, in turn derived from the Lombard term gastald, Lombard dignitary with wide civil and military powers, which originally had the meaning of territorial administrator elected by the King who entrusted him with civil, military and judicial powers and is then become synonymous with city administrator or landowner

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


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