Caltagirone
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Caltagirone.
Proper noun
Caltagirone (countable and uncountable, plural Caltagirones)
- A city in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
- A habitational surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Caltagirone is the 40976th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Caltagirone is most common among White (95.49%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Caltagirone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.
Italian
Etymology
The first part is undoubtedly from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fortress, castle”), while the second one could either derive from غِيرَان (ḡīrān), plural of غَار (ḡār, “cave, cavern”), or from خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine, hog”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Caltagirone f
Proper noun
Caltagirone m or f by sense
Derived terms
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024