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SANNERIS

Typical Sardinian of Cagliaritano, area of Villacidro, should derive from a nickname related to the word dialect Sanna (Tusk, Spunzone), but much more probably derives from San Neri, the Sardinian name of San Ranieri or Raineri, which is the patron saint of Pisa, but was very Venerated also in Sardinia.

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


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