Bacigalupo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bacigalupo.

Proper noun

Bacigalupo (plural Bacigalupi)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bacigalupo is the 34110^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 666 individuals. Bacigalupo is most common among White (82.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bacigalupo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 80.

Italian

Alternative forms

• Baccigalupi, Baccigaluppi, Bacigaluppi, Bacigaluppo

Etymology

From the Ligurian verb bacigare (“to beat with a stick”) + lupo (“wolf”), perhaps a nickname for someone who was courageous and fierce.

Proper noun

Bacigalupo m or f by sense

1. a surname from Ligurian