| ![Show Contents]() Cari History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Italy From the ancient and beautiful Italian island of Sicily emerged a variety of distinguished names, including the notable surname Cari. 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 were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Local names, also 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, and does not necessarily denote nobility. The Cari family lived in a town just outside Palermo, as in 1189, a member of the Caro family was the Archbishop of Monreale. Early Origins of the Cari familyThe surname Cari was first found in Sicily (Italian: Sicilia), the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, Naples and the southern portion of the peninsula. Research shows that records of the Cari family date back to the year 1189 when a member of the Caro family was the Archbishop of Monreale, a town just outside Palermo. Early History of the Cari familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cari research. The years 1460, 1470, 1499, 1507, 1508, 1520, 1525, 1543, 1557, 1566, 1571, 1602, 1610, 1653, 1713, 1725, 1770, 1825 and 1841 are included under the topic Early Cari History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cari Spelling VariationsThere are many variations of most of those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. Some of these come from regional differences, like the tradition of ending northern names in "o" and southern names in "i". Others come from inaccuracies in the recording process, which were extremely common in the eras before dictionaries standardized spelling. Some of the spelling variations of Cari are Caro, Cari, Cara, De Caro, Di Caro, Di Cara, La Cara, Li Cari, Carello, Carelli, Carella, Carillo, Caretti, Caroli, Caretta, Carino, Carini, Caruccio, Carucci, Carocci, Carracci, Caricchio, Caricchia, Carollo, Carullo, Carulli, Carotti, Carone, Caroni, Carofiglio, Carofratello, Carolillo, Carotenuto and many more. Early Notables of the Cari familyProminent among bearers of this surname in early times was - Others include Gioffredo Caroli, who was the mayor of Salozzo in 1460; Michelotto Corella (killed 1508), a Valencian condottiero; Annibale Caro, (1507-1566) Italian nobleman and famous author in Civit...
Migration of the Cari familyAn investigation of the immigration and passenger lists has revealed a number of people bearing the name Cari: Miss Cara, who sailed to New Orleans in 1821, and S. Caro, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cari (post 1700) | + |
- Joseph Cari Jr., American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2000, 2004; Member of Democratic National Committee from Illinois, 2004 1
- Cari Beauchamp (1949-2023), American author, historian, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, known for her biography Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood, which was subsequently made into a film
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