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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (mainly northwestern) : (Manèra): according to Felice, from a Frankish name composed of the elements magin ‘strength’, ‘might’ + hari ‘army’, which became Mainero in Italy.
  • Italian (mainly northwestern) : possibly a habitational name from either of two places named Manera, in Cuneo and Como provinces.

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