The Caridi Surname
Caridi Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from a place on the Messina strait called Cariddi.
- from Greek karydion ‘walnut’, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold walnuts.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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