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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from a medieval personal name composed of the elements bono (buono) ‘good’ + accorso ‘aid’ (Late Latin accursus, from adcurrere ‘to aid’, literally ‘to run up’), often bestowed as an expression of gratitude upon a longed-for child.

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