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Re: I was searching for the etymology of the unusual names Angobaldo and Grimaldo and found the surname Annibaldi...
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According to the information at tinyurl.com/7eepx28, Annibaldi comes from Hannibal whose meaning is unknown.
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Meaning of [[HANNIBAL]] unknown? I think not:http://www.behindthename.com/name/hannibal
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I thought Annibaldi could come from Hannibal since wikipedia seemed to confuse Annibale de Ceccano with Annibald de Ceccano... or something like that but I could not picture where the d comes from... thanks :D
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Maybe you think too complicated. You cannot find definitions for every single letter of a name :-)
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