You may be interested
Sisolfi, absolutely rare, is just Salernitano, Zizolfi is typically Neapolitan, it should be a dialectal form of the Lombard name Gisulf or its Latinized form Gisulphus, the use of this name in the Bell area dates back at least To the eighth century with the succession of the various Gisulf in the office of Duke of Benevento and later in the X ° century when Gisulphus Primus became the Langobardorum gentis princeps of Salerno.
Zizolfi is specific to Naples, it could derive from an altered archaic form of the Lombard name Gisulphus, very famous name in Campania, brought by the princes of Salerno in the tenth century, by the Chronicon Salernitanum we read: ".. Here et Ipso illo in tempore Preerat Neapolitanis, atque even consentsu to the omnibus suis Subditis in unum sunt congregati, Quatenus venirent et principatum salernitanum June Viribus expugnarent, atque, si valerent, usque live Civitatis properarent, Putantes, UT Minimum Princeps Gisulphus, qui erat adolescens, illis obviam irent. Set dum princeps Gisulphus Talia Comperisset, statim valid for Exercitu exiit obviam ei; Et aut procul a Salernitana urbe lothe ubi Cabeis dicitur, Tentoria pretend iussit..
Buy a heraldic document with your coat of arms
It is possible to do a preliminary research in our archive. About 100,000 heraldic traces, origins of surnames, coat of arms and blazons are available free of charge. Just write the desired last name in the form below and press enter.
Verba Volant, Scripta Manent
