Family Names
These are the names of families that lived in Lipari . The information comes from the book: "Citta Di Lipari" by Pietro Campis -
1133 - Filippo di Lipari
1246 - Amico D'Aldineri, Raimondo di Baldo, Ruggiero di Federico, Giovanni Di Pietro, Pietro d'Orbea, Giovanni Monoche`.
1261 - Benedetto di Baldo, Giovanni Bruno, Giovanni de Ota, Ansaudo, Luca Pagano de Andriocta, Nicolo` de Fulcone, Giovanni de Coci.
c. 1300 - Martuccio or Bartuzzo or Mattuzzo? Comito
1318 - Roberto, Nicalao, Giovanni, all with the words "de Lipparo" after the name designating place of residence.
1398 - Mano Cocchiano, Amico deLuciano, Antonio di Salvo, Ambrogio Ysaac
The following lived in the territory of the diocese (Patti, Milazzo, Librizzi, Naso etc) but for various reasons are also found to have something to do with Lipari:
1095 - Willelmus Pontius
1117 - Gulielmus Franzes, Nicetas Gallus
1123 - Walcolinus
1131 and in 1148 - these names appear:
Changemis, Costas, Chipparos, Farandas, Leo Caruuni, Leo Lamaris, Leo tu(=di_Paschali, Maimunis Ihaccas, Nicolaos Arcudi, Petros Diuolas, Uonichis, Vasilis tu Fargali
1191 - Nicolaus Thesaurarius, Robertus Spanus, Johannes Cangemus
1195 Willelmus Caballarius
1196 - Ricius
1198 - Guiglelmus filius Jacolini de Milacio
1202 - domina Corbina
1249 - Petrus Spatarius, Amicus de Presi, Jaconus Leo , Nicolaus de Maymon, Theodorus Barensis
1252 - Johannes de Marturano, Leo Syracusanus
1254 - Aldericus Famularus civis Pactarum
1261 - Frederico de Bonofilio
1262 - Petrus de Silvestro, Perronus Mancusius, Nicolaus Bos
1263 - Rusticus de Bonicho
1265 - Jardinus de Castello
1276 - Johannes de Matina, Johannes Copsocrea, Riccardus Pichulus, Jacobus Amalfitanus
The names have undergone changes through the ages. How many can you identify?
15th to the first half of the 16th century, these are the names that have been found:
Barberi, Ballacera, Bonfiglio, Bonica, Bosi, Brazzano, Calerari, Camagna, Capizzano, Carnetta, Casella, Cirino, comito, Coppola, Cremonese, Damiani, D'Anza, DeFranco, De Paula, De Protho, De Rubino, Di Blasi, DiFalco, DoFogie, Falanga, Gallecchi, Gauteri, Gervasio, Graffeo, LaGaroza or Carrozza, Lo Campo, Lo Nobile, Majorca, Mansoli, Marazzita, Mercurella, Montelione, Muntanaro, Muni, Pampina, Papa, Perea, Puntulieri, Quagliarella, Recupitta, Russo or Rossi, Sacco, Salvati, Sarno, Schisano, Stilpa, Tabiano, Trovatino, Voij.
In the year 1544 and 1618 these names were found:
Aduino, Aloe, Amendola, Angiluni, Arcondia, Ardizuni, Artesi, Baldassaro, Basili, Bellacera, Bellingeri, (Beninato), Benincasa, Bertuli, Bonaccursu, Boaja, Bonfiglio, Bonica, Brazzano, Bruno, Buzzanca (Cafarella), Caivano, Caizza, Calderaro, Camagna, Campagna, Canali, Capicchiano, Cappadoro, Caputo, Carnivali, Carrozza, Caruso, Cassera`, Castellano, Catalano, Catarella, Cavaleri, Cazzetta, Cesario, Chille`, (Cincotta), Ciraulo, Cirino, Citrolo, Colonna, Comito, Conti, Coppula, Corso, Costa, Costanzo, Craparo, Criscillo, Cristo`, Crivelli, Culia, Cullosi, Currao, Curseri, Cusantino, (Cusulito), Cusumanu, D'Acquaro, D'Agusta, D'Amato, D'Ambra, D'Ambrosio, D'Andria, Danile or Danieli, D'Antonio, D'Arena, D'arrigo, (De Leo Delfino), Della Chiesa Delorenzo, DeRebus, DeRunis, Diana, Di Franco, DiGiuanni, DiLacqua, DiLosa, DiLuca, DiMatina, DiMora, DiMuni, DiMunti DiNaso, DiNavi, (DiNeri), DiPascali, Di Paula, DiSalvo, Di Stefano, DiVita, Durante, D'Urso, Falanga, Famularo, Faraci, Favolaro, Ferrante, Ferro, Ficarra, Fiorentino, Franza, Furnari, Galletta, Gallo, Gallotta, Galtieri, Gemmola, Gentile, Genuesi, Giaquinto, Giorgi, Giuliano, Graffeo, Granata, Grasso, Graziano, Greco, Guadagno, Guarino, Imbesi, Istraeli, Jueli, LaBella, La Cava, La Funcia, La Mantia, Lamari, Lambrosa, Lanza, La Torre, Lauricella, la Vittoria, (Lazzaro), Liardo, Liccardo, or Licciardo, Liotta, Liuzzi, Lo Bianco, Lo Campo, Lo Chirico, Lo Curcio, Lo Galbo, Lo Greco, Lo Jacono, Lo Judice, Lombardo, Lo Monaco, Longo, Lo Picculu, Lo Sacco, Lo Scavo, Macri`, Majetta, Majurana, Majuri or Maggiuri, Manfre`, Maniace, Mannarano, Manello, Mansole, Marazita, Marcetta, Marino, Martino, Marullo, Medici, (Megna), Mercurella, Merlino, Messina, Mirabile, Misceli or Miceli, Moleti, Monteleone, Morabito, Mule`, Muntanaro, Musciarella or Muscarella, Natoli, Orlando, Ortese, Pagano, (Paijno), Palamara or Calamara, (Palisi), Pampino, Pannitteri, Pap, Parisi, Pascalello, Pasqua, Pavone Pellegrino, Picuni, Piluso, Pirera, Policastro, Portelli, Puglisi, Pulito, Raffa, Rfaffello, (Re), Rijtano or Riggitano, Ristuccia, Rizzo Romano, Ruffo, Ruggiero, Sciacca, Sciacchitano, Scilibbo~, Scimone, Scularici, Scularito, Sidoti, Siracusa, Spano`, Spataro, Spetiale, Spinella, Stancagiano, Stella, Sulfaro, Summa, Talamo, Taranto, Tartaro, Tauro, Terranova, Tesorero, Todaro, Trava, Trovatino, Turcarello, Uono, Urso, Vaccaro, Vintrici, Virgona, Vitagliano, Vitali, Viviano or Biviano, Voij, Vopa, Zahami, Zaija, Zanca, Zummo.
OK - now we have some names with Spanish or Portuguese lineage: Alconada, Almidoves, Arvodovola, Bailar, Basches, Baylon, Brea, Caravaxial, Conzales, Cubeta, D'Acugna, D'Almidavar, D'Alonzo, D'Aranges, De Paredos, Desqueto, De Xeda, Dies, Ernandes, Errera, Foardo or Fuardo, Garxia, Gomes, Hurtado, Ilares, La Noara, Lexona, Loarea, Lopes, Losada, majorca, Mancanas, Martines, Mendozza, Morales, Panay, Panaxi, Peres, Pixita` or Piscita`, Plado, Ramundo, Rodriques, Roes, Sallazar, Samore`, Sandoval, Uxeda, Vaglies, (Vasquez), Vecha, Vidal, Vivanco or Bivanco, Ximenes,
The above family were for the most part officials and military personnel - they were considered a different caste of people and for the most part kept apart from the islanders.
1618 - 1699 - Adornato, Arbiano or Albiano, Arico`, Baglio, Barnao, Barnava, Barrili, Biscotto, Bongiorno, Bono, Butta, Caravagli, Carbone, Casaceli, Casamento, D'Alia, (DiFina), Di Muro, Ferrazzano, Florio or Frolio, Fonti, Fraumeni, Galluppi, Giuffrida, Giunta, Giurdano, Iraci, La Macchia, La Rosa, Le Donni, Lucchesi, Mangano, Marchese, Marturano, Matarazzo, Mazza, Mazzolo, Merenda, Merrino, Molica, Monizio, Mursit, Muschera`, Ortesia, Pinzuni, Pittari, Pittorinio, Randazzo, Rando, Ravesi, Ricco, Rivello, Sappietro, Scattarecia, Schibbeci, Sciarrone, Scolaro, Sesta, Spicchiato, Tricoli, Trimoli, Virdichizzi or Pirdichizzi, Zojno or Zijno.
Between 1700 to 1750: Baraona, Caravella, Catafo, Coma, (D'Anieri), Di Maria, Favorito, Ferlazzo Fumia, Giardina, Lauria, LoCascio, Marraffa, martello, Muleta, Mursillo, Palmisano, Vivola.
Second half of the 18th Century: D'Albora, DeMauro, DiBenedetto, Favazza, Fenech, Ferrara, Giufre`, Curtisi or Cortisi, Mancuso, Mararo, Pitruzzo, Profilio, Salmieri, Sciarrone, Sipione, Tripi, Villanti.
During this period of time are registered many illigitimate children. A notation would be placed by the mother's name "filius Ecclesiae" (Child of the Church. Also they would be referred to by the place of birth of the mother or from where the family originally came. Some of these names are Nasitanu, Pattisanu, Calavrisi, etc. (the last two are easy from Patti and from Calabria - the first one could be from Naxos?) This practice was due to the fact that the family had not yet established or decide on fixed last name.
Did you find your last name .... don't forget that the names have changed with the passing of the years...but you may still be able to identify yours.
