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OVIDI | OVIDIO

Ovidi is typically Lazio, of Rome and Riano in the Roman and of Marta and Bolsena in the Viterbo area, Ovidio, almost unique, is from the Caserta area, it should derive from the name Ovidio, probably brought by the founders, from the Latin nomen Ovidius, the noble name of the Gens equestre aquilana Ovidia with properties in the area of Sulmona nell'aquilano, we remember the famous Latin poet Publius Ovidius Naso, author of Metamorfosi and Ars amatoria.

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


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