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Early Origins of the Cardinale family

The surname Cardinale was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that county.

Early History of the Cardinale family

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Cardinale Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Cardinale has undergone many spelling variations, including Cardinal, Cardinall, Cordinal, Cordinall and many more.

Early Notables of the Cardinale family

Distinguished members of the family include Robert Cardinall, (fl 1650), English painter, known for his portrait of Robert Gainsborough (b. 1673.) Adam de Cardonnel (d. 1719), was Secretary to the Duke of Marlborough, a...
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Cardinale Ranking

In the United States, the name Cardinale is the 9,050th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Cardinale is ranked the 8,318th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Cardinale family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Cardinale were among those contributors: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Cardinale (post 1700) +

  • Gerald Cardinale (1934-2021), American Republican Party politician, Member of the New Jersey Senate (1982-2021)
  • Lindsey Michelle Cardinale (b. 1985), American country singer
  • Elizabeth G. Cardinale, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940 3
  • Dominick Cardinale, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1932 3
  • Carole Cardinale (b. 1937), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 2004 3
  • Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale (1916-1983), Italian titular archbishop of Nafta, Tunisia and apostolic nuncio to Belgium and Luxembourg
  • Roberto Cardinale (b. 1981), Italian professional football player
  • Salvatore Cardinale (b. 1948), Italian politician
  • Claudia Cardinale (b. 1938), Italian Tunisian actress


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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