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Frigè is specific to Milan and Milan and Covo to Bergamo (see also FRIGENI), Frigeri is from Mantua and Emilia, Frigerio is from the provinces of Varese, Como, Lecco, Bergamo, Brescia and Milan, Friggeri is specific to Emilia, from Reggio in particular, Fruggeri, very very rare, is specific to the Modena and Bologna area, a possible origin is from the Austrian surname Fritscher (pronounced fricer or friger), another possibility is the derivation from the goth name Frigeridus, less likely, seen the current concentration and diffusion is a derivation from the late Latin frigerius (the one who is cool). additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli The surname Frigeri and Frigerio, in the same way as Frigieri, Fruggeri and Forghieri (metatetic form), reflects the medieval personal Frigerius, Frogerius of Frank derivation (from germ. * frithu - "peace, friendship" and from * gaira - «spear») perhaps «friend of the spear». Source: F. Violi. Surnames in Modena and in the Modena area, 1996 .; the name Frogerius could be derived from the Germanic personal Fridger. Förstemann 532.
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