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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : diminutive of Frada, an altered form of Fruda, a nickname probably derived from Greek phrydas ‘having thick eyebrows’.
  • Italian : metathesized form of Fardella, a variant of Fardello, which may be a diminutive of Faldo, a short form of a pet name ending in -faldo such as Ruffaldo.
  • Italian : alternatively, from Sicilian faldella, a diminutive of falda ‘skirt’.

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