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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish : nickname or ethnic name from negro ‘black’ (Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
  • Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish : from a medieval continuation of the Latin personal name Niger.

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