Canario

Canario
Recorded as Canario and Cardinale, this is a surname of Italian origins. It means the finch and the cardinal finch, and they are two of a very large group of surnames which are known as "bird names". As to why so many people were given "bird names" is unclear, but presumably they were nicknames either for people who bred exotic birds or who themselves liked to dress up in colourful clothes. One of the many problems with Italian surnames making them the most difficult of all European surnames to research with accuracy, is that the same name spelling may well have a completely different meaning in another part of the country. In fact these surnames are from the province of Udinese, and the meaning would probably not be recognized in say Tuscany where Canario means sugar cane or ribbon grass. Italy only became a united nation with the same language in the late Victorian period. Prior to 1860 it had simply been a collection of about twelve states all of whom basically went their own way. Most being very poor, little if any regard was paid to record keeping, and even now Italian registers are at best erratic. In this case we are lucky with as good examples the recording of Angela Cardinale, at Patrica, Frosinone, on May 30th 1712, and Guiseppe Canario at Sant Angelola Cancelli, Benevento, on January 2nd 1746.

Surnames reference. 2013.

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