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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Italian

Meaning & History

Italian regional surname denoting someone who lived by a canal. From the Italian canale 'canal', from the Latin canalis meaning "canal; conduit; groove; funnel; or ditch". Alternatively, it may come the genus name of wild cinnamon, a diminutive of the Latin canna "reed, cane".
Added 12/8/2007 by leananshae
Edited 10/14/2015 by Frollein Gladys, Ora, LMS and more