The gioia Surname
gioia Name Meaning and History
- from the personal name Gioia, derived from gioa ‘jewel’, ‘precious object’. This is normally a feminine name, but there are occasional records of its use as a masculine personal name in the Middle Ages. It may also have been a nickname for someone who frequently used the expression mia gioia ‘my joy’. In the form Tzogias this is also found as a Greek family name.
- habitational name from any of various places in southern Italy named with this word, including Gioia del Colle (Bari), Gioia Sannitica (Caserta), and Gioia Tauro (Calabria).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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 bigwave99
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| Frances Gioia from Sambuca |
fireball_01
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| San Massimo - Gioia / D'Amico / Micone Family Names | John Gioia | 5 |
| gioia family from Cozenza, Town of Altomonte, Italy |
svanderheyden
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| Di Gioia.. help please? |
gypsi323
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| Finding Family | Michael Gioia | 32 |
| Vincenzo Gioia of San Massimo, Italy |
stringfingers_74
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| Gioia and D'Amico from San Massimo Italy |
RJoy49
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| Have you heard of my father? | H. Gioia | 7 |
| Have you heard of my father? | H. Gioia | 0 |
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