| ![Show Contents]() Minnelli History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Minnelli familyThe surname Minnelli was first found in at the foundations of Venice (Italian: Venezia), with the Minotto family. Early History of the Minnelli familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Minnelli research. The years 1203, 1265, 1300, 1450, 1550, 1575, 1655, 1722, 1765, 1769, 1808, 1848, 1863, 1864, 1873, 1876, 1881 and 1886 are included under the topic Early Minnelli History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Minnelli Spelling VariationsEnormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Minnelli include Menico, Menichi, Menech, Minico, Minichi, Menego, Meneghi, Menega, Menoga, Menoghi, Minigo, Menco, Menchi, Menci, Minco, Mengo, Menghi, Menga, Mingo, Minghi, Meni, Misotti, Minuziano, Mingoti, Menochio, Minelli, Minnelli, Menis, De Minico, Menichelli, Minichelli, Minichiello, Meneghelli, Meneghello, Meneghel, Menichini, Minichini, Minichino, Meneghini, Meniconi, Meneghino, Meneghin, Menicucci, Minicucci, Meneguzzi, Menoncini and many more. Early Notables of the Minnelli familyRosso Misotti, leader of the Ghibeline faction in Ferrara in 1203. Members of the Venetian Minotto family were brave soldiers: in 1265 Tommaso Minotto led the army against the Genoese forces; and in 1300 Marco Minotto was General of 37 ships which fought against the Greeks; Alessandro Minuziano was an editor and printer in Puglia in 1450 who printed the first edition of the collected works of Cicero; Giacomo Menochio was a prominent jurist in Pavia in 1550; Giovanni-Paolo Meniconi was...
Another 81 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Minnelli Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Minnelli familyImmigrants bearing the name Minnelli or a variant listed above include: Augusta Minghelli, who arrived in America on July 2, 1884, aboard the "St. Germain;" Alessandro Minghetti, who arrived in America on Nov. 8, 1883, aboard the ".
| Contemporary Notables of the name Minnelli (post 1700) | + |
- Lester Anthony "Vincente" Minnelli (1903-1986), American stage director and film director of such classic movies as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951), The Band Wagon (1953), and Gigi (1958), married to Judy Garland, father of Liza Minnelli
- Liza May Minnelli (b. 1946), American actress and singer and daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli
- Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986), American film director and stage director
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