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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : possibly from the personal name Spinellus, which is most probably a pet form of Crispinus (see Crispin).
  • Italian : from a diminutive of Spina or Spino.
  • Italian : from a reduced form of Ospinello, a personal name derived from French (H)ospinel, the name of a character in French medieval romances.

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