Bocchi History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

From the ancient and picturesque Italian region of Venice emerged a variety of distinguished names, including the notable surname Bocchi. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most traditional type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, local surnames are also found. Local names, which are the least frequent of the major types of surnames found in Italy, are derived from a place-name where the original bearer once resided or held land. Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix "di," which signifies emigration from one place to another, but does not necessarily denote nobility. The Bocchi family lived in the city of Venice, where the Bocho family first settled in 804.

Early Origins of the Bocchi family

The surname Bocchi was first found in the city of Venice, where the Bocho family first settled in the year 804.

Early History of the Bocchi family

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Bocchi Spelling Variations

Italian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Bocchi include Bocca, Bocchi, Bucca, Bucchi, Bucco, Bocchetta, Bocchetto, Bocchetti, Bocchino, Bocchini, Boccucci, Boccuzzi, Boccoli, Boccotti, Boccone, Bocconi, Boccaccia, Boccaccio, Boccacci, Boccaccino, Boccaccini, Boccassino, Boccassini, Boccasino, Boccasini, Boccasile, Boccacciaro, Boccacciari, Boccagna, Bocchieri, Boccherini, Boccosi, Boccati, Boccasi, Boccuto, Boccuti, Buccarello, Buccarelli, Buccella, Buccolini, Boccole, BoChina, Bocho, Bocchiardo, Bocchiardi, Boccetta, Boccella and many more.

Early Notables of the Bocchi family

Prominent among members of the family was

Dorotea Bucca (1360-1436) (also Dorotea Bocchi) was an Italian physician, Chair of Medicine and Philosophy at the University of Bologna for over forty years from 1390
Domenico Bocchi was born in Parma in 1425, and was very involved with the Catholic Church
the Bocchiardi family of Pinerolo, counts, were important members of the community and their names were inscribed on a stone in the church of San Domenicano in the city
Achille Bocchi of Bologna was a lawyer, politician, and very famous author in the early 16th century
Francesco Bocchi (1488-1562) was a respected man of letters in Florence in 1550
Bartolomeo Bocchini was a Bolognian painter and comic actor in 1610
Faustino Bocchi (1659-1742), was an author and painter in Brescia who specialized in bizarre paintings of dwarfs
Ottavio Bocchi was a lawyer in Adria in 1700

Migration of the Bocchi family

Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the name Bocchi or a variant listed above: Anna Buchi, who arrived with her husband and 6 children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1743; Lorenzo Boccaccio, aged 21, who arrived at Ellis Island from Pastorano, Italy, in 1920.

Contemporary Notables of the name Bocchi (post 1700) +

Amedeo Bocchi (1883-1976), Italian painter, active mainly in Rome
Norberto Bocchi (b. 1961), Italian bridge player; he has won five World teams championships along with six consecutive European teams championships
Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi (b. 1968), Italian Chief Economist at the Kuwait China Investment Company