Re: What Nationality is this surname??
in reply to a message by Tbird
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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What Nationality is this surname??  ·  Tbird  ·  10/3/2005, 1:10 PM
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