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11/27/2006, 11:55 AM Mike C
2/24/2003, 12:00 AM Alida

Name Cifrino
Type Surname (from nickname)
Other Forms FormsCefrino
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

Possibly from an inflection of Italian cifrare, meaning "to monogram, to abbreviate (a name) to initials; to encode, to cypher", or perhaps a derived term meaning "little nothing". Ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr) "empty, zero".
Added 2/24/2003 by Alida