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A. Abagnale; Abate (surname) Abati; Abba (surname) Abbadia (surname) Abbagnale; Abbandando; Abbate; Abbati; Abbatini; Abbiati; Abbondanza; Abbondanzieri; Abbrescia ...
Sicilian: Language(s) Italian, Neapolitan, Sicilian: Origin; Language(s) Latin: Meaning "red haired" "russian" Region of origin: Southern Italy: Other names; Alternative spelling: Lorusso Larussa: Variant form(s) Russi De Russi De Russo Lo Russo La Russa Russolillo Russomanno Russumando: Related names: Rossi Rosso [1]
C. Cafiero; Cagnoni; Caimi; Calcagno; Calderoli; Camerota (surname) Camilleri; Campagnaro; Campioni (surname) Canaveri; Cangini; Cantù (surname) Capano; Cappo; Cappucci
A few names end with an accented vowel, for instance Niccolò and Giosuè. Almost every base name can have a diminutive form ending with -ino/-ina or -etto/etta as in Paolino/Paoletto and Paolina/Paoletta from Paolo and Paola, -ello/-ella, as in Donatello/Donatella from Donato and Donata, or -uccio/-uccia, as in Guiduccio from Guido.
Frank Capra, Sicilian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Maria Grazia Cucinotta , actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, and internationally known for her role in the Italian film Il Postino .
The surname comes from a personal name which De Felice [1] suggests may be a fusion of two saints’ names: Cosmas + Damiano, with a loss of the last syllable of one and the first of the other. Alternatively, Caracausi takes "Cusumano" to be a regional variant of the Late Greek personal name Kosmas (see Cosma) or a short form of an old personal ...
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Sicilian Catholics. For Catholics in Sicily, the Virgin Hodegetria is the patroness of Sicily. The Sicilian people are also known for their deep devotion to some Sicilian female saints: the martyrs Agatha and Lucy, who are the patron saints of Catania and Syracuse respectively, and the hermit Saint Rosalia, patroness of Palermo. Sicilian people ...