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Galifi
Variations Last name: Alifia

Nobles: Italia (Sicilia)
Nobility: Baroni - Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

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Galifi, Alifia
ref: 1706

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Blazon:
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D'oro, all'elefante passante sulla pianura erbosa al naturale, sormontato da un sole di rosso, orizzontale destro.

Galifi
ref: 4367

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Blazon:
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D'oro, all'elefante passante sulla pianura erbosa al naturale, sormontato da un sole di rosso, orizzontale destro.

Galifi
ref: 884907

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Blazon:
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D'oro, all'elefante di nero, fermo e guardante i raggi della luna d'argento, orizzontale destro

Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

GALIFFA | GALIFFI | GALIFFO | GALIFI

Galiffa is specific to Teramo, Sant'Egidio to Vibrata, Sant'Omero, Torano nuovo, Martinsicuro and Nereto, Galiffi and Galiffo are almost unique, Galifi is specific to Sicily, Palermo, Ravanusa in the Agrigento area, Ispica in the Ragusa area, Sommatino in the nisseno and Trapani and Paceco in the Trapani area, they should all derive from the Arabic name Khalifa derived in turn from the term halif (caliph), which identifies the supreme head of the country, the vicar of the king, the podestà, even if one cannot exclude a derived from nicknames originated from the Arabic term alif (fat),

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

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