The Gennarini Family Name

Gennarini sits within the Gennari family of names, which has Italian roots. Its meaning, shared with Gennari, is “Son of Gennaro”. Gennarini carries the diminutive ending -ini, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Gennari. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Gennaro.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Gennarini, so the heraldry linked to Gennari is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Gennarini family name pack.