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Franchi
Italian: patronymic or plural form of Franco.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Franco
Spanish and Italian: from a personal name, in origin an ethnic name for a Frank, a member of the Germanic people who inhabited the lands around the river Rhine in Roman times. See also Frank. The personal name was popularized by the cult of San Franco di Assergi.
Italian and Spanish: nickname or status name from franco ‘free’ (usually denoting a freed slave).
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Italian: patronymic or plural form of Franco.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Franco
Spanish and Italian: from a personal name, in origin an ethnic name for a Frank, a member of the Germanic people who inhabited the lands around the river Rhine in Roman times. See also Frank. The personal name was popularized by the cult of San Franco di Assergi.
Italian and Spanish: nickname or status name from franco ‘free’ (usually denoting a freed slave).
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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