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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Gujarat) : Hindu (Vania) name derived from Sanskrit muni ‘sage’, ‘hermit, in particular one who has taken a vow of silence’.
  • Southern Italian (Sicilian) : from a short form of the personal name Simuni, Sicilian form of Simon.
  • Southern Italian (Monì) : possibly from modern Greek Monias, which may be from mónos ‘alone’ and hence a nickname for a solitary person.

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