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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : nickname from cardello ‘goldfinch’ (see Cardillo 1).
  • Italian : topographic name or possibly a nickname from a diminutive of cardo ‘thistle’ (Latin cardus).
  • Italian : from a diminutive of the personal name Cardo.

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