Show ContentsGaribaldo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Garibaldo surname was a patronymic surname created from the medieval personal name Garibaldo, which comes in turn from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements "gari," meaning "lance" and "baldi," meaning "courageous."

Early Origins of the Garibaldo family

The surname Garibaldo was first found in Genoa (Italian: Genova), a port city on the Gulf of Genoa, capital of the province of Genoa, in the Italian region of Liguria.

Early History of the Garibaldo family

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Garibaldo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Garibaldi, Garibaldo, Gariboldi, Giribaldi, Gribaldi, Garimoldi, Grippaldi and many more.

Early Notables of the Garibaldo family

Prominent among members of the family was

  • Francesco Giustiniano di Garibaldo, an Italian politician and statesman who became doge of the Republic of Genoa on July 16, 1393


United States Garibaldo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garibaldo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Nicolas Manuel Garibaldo, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Garibaldo (post 1700) +

  • Cristóbal Vicente Garibaldo (b. 1969), Panamanian-born, American Major League Baseball infielder for the Kansas City Royals from 1988 to 1990


  1. 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)


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