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Subject: Re: What Nationality is this surname??
Author: Menke   (guest, 84.80.142.26)
Date: October 4, 2005 at 8:23:41 AM
Reply to: What Nationality is this surname?? by Tbird
It's Italian.
From: http://www.melegnano.net/cognomi/cognomi0001n.htm

Anelli è diffuso diffuso prevalentemente in Lombardia, l'origine può essere messa in relazione sia ad anelli particolari, cui il capostipite era legato sia ad una chioma ad anelli, cioè riccioluta , come potrebbe essere una diversificazione del cognome Agnelli, passando tramite un Anielli per diventare quindi Anelli.

What it mainly says as far as i understand is that is might be a variant of Agnelli which is from agnello "lamb". anello means "ring", so anelli is its plural form.

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