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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from the personal name Buonanno, composed of the elements b(u)ono ‘good’ + anno ‘year’, a name expressing satisfaction at the child’s birth (‘(it was a) good year (when you were born)’), possibly bestowed on a child born at the beginning of the year.

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