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Brondi is typical of the coastal arc that from the Savona area reaches the Livorno area, of Lerici in the La Spezia area in particular and of Livorno, Brondo is more specifically of the Savona area, of Quiliano above all, Brundi is almost unique, Brundo has several very small stumps, in Cagliari, Rome , in the Salerno and eastern Sicily, they should derive from a truncated form of the Germanic name and in particular the Lombard Brondolf or Brundulf, but they could also derive from nicknames originated from the archaic dialectal word brondo (bronze, pot), perhaps to indicate that the progenitor worked bronze or produced pots. The Brondo Sardinian Sardinian stock has now disappeared, merchants of Jewish origin originating from the island of Majorca, who obtained the title of Count of Serramanna in 1616 and in 1629 that of Marquis of Villacidro.
Brundo, very rare, is specific to Cagliari, Brundu, much more widespread, it is typically Sardinian equally distributed throughout the island, both derive from the Sardinian word brundu (blond) or from an Italianisation. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas BRUNDU: blond; from the Spanish blondo. Generally it indicates the color of the hair. I am reminded of a proverb (see Dicius by Giuseppe Concas): su civràxu fai beni su piu brùndu e s'ogu bràxu: black bread makes blond hair and blue eyes become. We did not find it in the ancient documents of the Sardinian language. It is currently present in 152 Italian Municipalities, of which 66 are from Sardinia: Erula 91 (in a village of 807 inhabitants, in the province of Sassari, as many as 91 carry the surname Brundu!), Sassari 86, Orani 69, Cagliari 56, etc.
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