Submitted Surname Revision History

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6/11/2016, 12:16 AM LMS
3/15/2015, 6:36 AM Frollein Gladys move from given name to surname
3/24/2012, 9:19 PM SeaHorse15
1/24/2008, 2:19 PM Susan Sheldon

Name Adorno
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Italian
Pronounced Pron. A-door-no
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Southern Italian: from the personal name ADORNO, meaning ‘adorned’.
Italian: from Italian adorno denoting a type of hawk, presumably applied as a nickname for someone with hawklike features or a metonymic occupational name for someone who trained hawks.
Added 1/24/2008 by Susan Sheldon