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The ruffo Surname

ruffo Name Meaning and History

  1. from a personal name (Latin Rufus, originally a nickname for someone with red hair, from a dialect form of the standard Latin word rubeus). This name was borne by various minor early saints, and occasionally used as a personal name in the Middle Ages.
  2. from a personal name of Germanic origin but uncertain form and meaning. The Calabrian noble family of this name is said to be of Norman origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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