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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern Italian : from the Latin personal name Synesius, borne by a saint martyred in about 258 ad. The personal name is of Greek origin, based on synesis ‘intelligence’, ‘conscience’.
  • Southern Italian : perhaps also a habitational name from Senise in Potenza.

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