Brief Life History of Taruia
When Taruia Pito was born on 3 October 1931, in Rurutu, Austral Islands, French Polynesia, his father, Teaiai PITO, was 32 and his mother, Ina Aie dite Teata TAAE, was 30. He died on 27 December 1938, in his hometown, at the age of 7.
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Some characteristic forenames: Italian Antonio, Pasquale, Angelo, Carmine, Constantino, Gennaro, Giuseppe, Leonardo, Lia, Nunzio, Remo, Salvatore.
Italian: from the personal name Vito, Latin Vitus ‘lively, energetic’, from vita ‘life’ (compare Vita ). The name was popular in the Middle Ages as the result of the cult of an early Christian martyr in southern Italy, about whom very little is known. He was regarded as a patron against epilepsy and the nervous tremor named after him, ‘St. Vitus's dance’. His cult spread into Germany and thence through Eastern Europe, where the name was reinforced by native Slavic names such as Vitoslav and Vitomir, with the first element most likely derived from Old Slavic vitъ ‘loot, wealth’ (see also Wit ). It may also derive in part from the Langobardic name Wido or Frankish Wit(t)o (see Guido ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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