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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from a short form of the personal name Buonconsiglio, which is either an omen name (meaning ‘may he give (or receive) good advice’) or a Marian name from the cult of Madonna del Buon Consiglio ‘Our Lady of Good Counsel’.
  • Italian : from consiglio ‘advice’, from Latin consilium, a nickname for a wise or thoughtful man or possibly for a fearful one (as in modern Italian), or an occupational name for a member of a council or similar body.

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