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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from the Germanic personal name Mag(in)frid, composed of the elements mag(in) ‘strength’, ‘might’ + frid ‘peace’ (common in Lombardic records in the mid- and late 8th century). Compare Manfred.

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