Brunetti History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Italy

The Italian Brunetti surname has a few possible sources. It is a patronymic name created from the originally Germanic personal name Bruno. It evolved as a nickname from the Italian word "bruno," meaning "brown," referring to the hair color or perhaps complexion. It may also have evolved as a habitational name from a place name, such as Bruno, in Asti province.

Early Origins of the Brunetti family

The surname Brunetti was first found in Florence (Italian: Firenze), originally the capital of Tuscany, then capital of the kingdom of Italy. The Bruno or Bruni family were originally from Arezzo but this part of their early history is not traceable. The Brunelli family are on record in Venice from 1151. During the 11th and 12th centuries the family branched from Florence south to Norman dominated Sicily where Giovanni di Bruno held a castle in Palermo in 1282.

Early History of the Brunetti family

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Brunetti Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bruno, Bruni, di Bruno, di Bruni, Bruni, Bruno, Bruna, Brun, Brunèlli, Brunelli, Brunèllo, Brunello, Brunèlla, Brunella, Brunellèschi, Brunelleschi, Brunètti, Brunetti, Brunetto, Brunètto, Brunini, Bruntti, Brunotti, Brunne, Brunone, Brunacci, Brunazzi, Brunaldi, Brunati, Brunato, Brunatti, Brunèngo, Brunengo, Brunèri, Bruneri, Brunèro, Brunaccini, Brunamonti, Brunero, Brunèse, Brunese, Brunod, Brunri and many more.

Early Notables of the Brunetti family

Prominent among members of the family was

Lazaro Brunetti was Captain of the knights for the Grand Duke of Tuscany during the 17th century
Sebastiano Brunetti (died 1649), an Italian painter active in his native Bologna

Brunetti Ranking

In the United States, the name Brunetti is the 17,025^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Brunetti is ranked the 7,612^nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2

Brunetti migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Brunetti Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

F Brunetti, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1813 3
Francesco Brunetti, who arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1823 at the age of 42

Contemporary Notables of the name Brunetti (post 1700) +

Melvin T. Brunetti (b. 1933), United States federal judge from Reno, Nevada
Ivan Brunetti (b. 1967), Italian-born, American cartoonist and comics scholar
Melvin T. Brunetti (1933-2009), American Republican politician, Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1985-99; Took senior status 1999 4
Francesco Brunetti (b. 1983), retired Italian professional football player
Mara Brunetti (b. 1976), Italian synchronized swimmer at the 1996 Summer and 2000 Summer Olympics
Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798), prolific Italian composer active in Spain where he died
Argentina Brunetti (1907-2005), born Argentina Ferrau, Argentine actress and writer
Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti (1862-1927), British musician and entomologist
August Brunetti Pisano (1870-1943), Austrian composer

Historic Events for the Brunetti family +

Triangle Waist Company

Miss Laura Brunetti (b. 1894), Italian garment worker who was working at Triangle Waist Company factory at the Asch building in Greenwich Village on the 25th March 1911 when fire broke out; she died in the fire 5

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (retrieved on 3rd August 2021.) Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire