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[Surname] Re: What does Siclari mean?
I guess I should also include that the origin is Calabria, Italy. I've found that different websites say different things....
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SICLARI Origins Calabria ItalySiclari Name Meaning
occupational name for a maker of buckets, from an agent derivative of Latin sicla ‘bucket’. occupational name for a money coiner, from medieval Latin siclarius.
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Websites I've found suggest the name is from the Greek sikla, meaning "bucket", and a ?Siclaro (?Siclario) would have been a fabricator of buckets, perhaps milk pails. Such names date from the time when many Southern Italians spoke Greek rather than Italian; a few still do.
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