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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : of uncertain origin, possibly from a short form of the medieval personal name Crescimbene, an omen name bestowed in the hope that the recipient will flourish (literally ‘grow well’). Alternatively, it may be a variant of Cresi, which Caracausi links with Clesi, an Albanian family name.

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