Gennaro Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

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What Gennaro means

The name Gennaro is closely linked to Gennari. In origin, the name means “Son of Gennaro”.

The change of ending between Gennari and Gennaro reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Gennarini. About 1,304 people in the United States were recorded as Gennaro in 2010, placing it 20,382 on the national list. French civil records give 309 births under the name Gennaro from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1981–1990.

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