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Re: What Nationality is this surname??
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It's Italian.
From: http://www.melegnano.net/cognomi/cognomi0001n.htmAnelli 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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Thank you very much, Menke! It's great that you can understand what it says (Agnello=lamb, Anello=ring. How sweet!)
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The Agnelli family of Italy made automobiles and were fabulously wealthy and probably still are.Agnus Dei means "Lamb of God" in Latin.
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