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GIANFORTE | GIANFORTI

Gianforte has a small stock in San Remo nell'imperiese, a stock in Ronciglione in Viterbo and one in Montefino, Roseto degli Abruzzi and Atri in Teramo and Tornimparte nell'aquilano, with presences also in Sicily, Gianforti, absolutely rare, has some rare presence in Sicily, should derive from nicknames based on the French term jean foutre (melancholic, sad, but also in a sloppy, sloppy sense), according to another hypothesis it could derive from founders called Gianforte, a name composed of the name Gianni and strong adjective, indicating a person of strength above the average, a confirmation of the use of this name we find it in 1600 with Gianforte Natoli prince of Sperlinga in the Enna.

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


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