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Guicciardi is typical of the Modena area, and Guicciardini, very rare is Tuscan, according to a theory derived from the medieval name Guicciardo in turn derived from the Italianization of the Norman name Wiscard, or from the Germanic name Wichard, in turn originated from the medieval Germanic terms wig (battle , combat) and from hard (hard), with the meaning of strong and resistant in battle, but according to another hypothesis it would seem instead that they can derive, directly or through a hypocoristic form from the medieval term guicciarda (hunting horn), surnames made famous by Francesco Guicciardini born in Florence in March 1483 who became one of the 9 members of the Lordship in the service of the Medici and with their fall underwent a very famous process and retired to private life. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Guicciardi is a patronymic surname with the proper Lombard name Wîshard, hence the surnames Guiscardi, Viscardi and Guicciardini. From the germ. * Wisa- "wise" and from the usual * hardhu - "strong": means "strong in wisdom". In the medieval papers of Modena we find the name Guiçardinus from 1143 and Guiçiardus from 1156. Source: F. Violi, Surnames in Modena and in the Modena area.
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