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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from the personal name Spirito, a devotional name alluding to the Spirito Santo ‘Holy Spirit’. This name was bestowed on children born on the religious festival of Pentecost, the day when the Holy Spirit descended on Christ’s apostles.

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