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Galdelli has a stock in Fabriano and one in Rome, Galdi has a stock in Avezzano (AQ) and in Rome, but the main nucleus is in Salerno, Pellezzano, Battipaglia, Cava de` Tirreni and Baronissi in Salerno and Naples, Galdin and Galdina are practically unique, Galdini is typical of Cenate Sopra (BG), Galdino, extremely rare, has a Roman and a Sicilian lineage in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), Galdo, quite rare, has a strain in Pratola Serra (AV) and in Salerno, Galdoni, absolutely rare, seems Lombard and specifically of Lodi, of Sant'Angelo Lodigiano and Casalpusterlengo, Lo Galdo and Logaldo are absolutely rare, perhaps of Calabrese or Sicilian origins, they should all, directly or through hypocoristic, derive from the medieval name of Germanic origin Galdus of which we have an example in Milan in an Investiture Charter of the year 1180: "... Et ibi ipse Galdus et per se et per parabolam suprascriptorum Iohannis et Bergongioni et Guilielmi iuravit ad sancta Dei euv angelia fidelitatem iamdicto Guidotto, ut clientes domno except fidelitate anterioris domni .... ". additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi The origin of these surnames is to be found in the medieval name Galdo, the Italianization of the Germanic personal Wald, which can be translated as the one who commands or who governs. In conclusion, therefore, these are the surnames of the personal names of the founders. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Galdo is a surname from Campania, perhaps from the toponym Piazza del Galdo (SA), a hamlet of Mercato San Severino. The ancient Italian voice 'galdo' means "wooded place", from the Longobard "wald" = "wood", from which the late Latin 'gualdus'. In several other cases there is the outcome of "Gualdo", especially for inhabited centers of central-northern Italy. In Campania we also find San Bartolomeo in Galdo (BN).
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