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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (mainly central Liguria and Genoa) : habitational name from Parodi Ligure in Alessandria region. There are early forms of the place name and surname spelt with -l- instead of -r- (e.g. Castrum Palodium, 12th century), a characteristic of Ligurian dialect. This name is now found in Mexico and South America.

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