Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

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PENATI | PENNATI

Penati, is rare and typical of Milan, there are traces of this surname since at least 1750, in a deed relating to the building church of Cassago, a certain Paolo Penati is mentioned., Pennati is typically Lombard, of Milanese in Milan and Monza, Desio, Basiano, Sesto San Giovanni, Cernusco sul Naviglio, Villasanta, Seregno and Bussero, from Lecco to Casatenovo, Barzanò and Lecco, from Bergamo to Treviglio and Bergamo, and from Brescia to Leno, with maximum concentration in Milan, could derive from nicknames originated from the term pennatus (which bears the feathers), perhaps to emphasize the habit of the progenitors to wear feathered hats.

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