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Of Lombard origin this surname is of uncertain derivation, it may have originated from the Milanese word archaic biff (paline.pertiche) with reference to the land surveyor, as it could be a derivation from the Latin bifer (which fructifies twice) always linked to a qualification agrarian, or it could derive from a Catalan word (Spanish domination) bifi (outward lip) and thus be a nickname linked to a physical character. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Biffi is a very common surname in the North for which various hypotheses are postulated: for O. Lurati 130 is a metaphonic plural of 'joke' and 'beff' = person who inclines to joke. For S. Pieri 329 he would come from the Italian 'biffa' = surveyor auction, from which also the toponym Biffa (La), poggio, Sociville, (SI). For Francipane 333 from the word 'biffa' of Germanic origin that in toponymy means 'border sign' and in Calabrian dialect 'big nose'. The latter hypothesis is also attested by the Rohlfs.
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