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I'm looking for the first name of my husband's great-aunt. Her birth certificate only lists a surname. We have always known her as Genevieve.
Recently I was told as a child she was called Genuefa (sp). Is that an Italian variation of Genevieve?
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...