When Pietro SPANO` was born on 6 March 1878, in Roccaforte del Greco, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy, his father, Antonino Spano, was 22 and his mother, Grazia Velona, was 22. He died in his hometown.
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Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Vito, Salvatore, Domenic, Rocco, Sal, Bartolo, Carlo, Carmelo, Domenico, Gaspare, Antonio.
Italian (Sardinia): nickname from Sardinian spanu (from Latin spanus) ‘chestnut, light gray’, a term primarily used with reference to horses, cattle, and goats, but also to describe the color of human hair and beards.
Italian (Sardinia): descriptive nickname from spanu ‘having thinning hair’, from medieval Greek spanos, from classical Greek spanios ‘scarce’ (see Spanos ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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