tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035343289875246208.post9217323580910457330..comments2023-06-05T05:47:42.814-04:00Comments on Growing Up in an Italian Family: Surname Saturday -Morabito 1895Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035343289875246208.post-9736116948124700432014-10-29T15:51:17.108-04:002014-10-29T15:51:17.108-04:00The more I look into this surname the more I find ...The more I look into this surname the more I find it actually is derived from Morabit or Murabit so it's actually a Middle Eastern surname! There was a whole website devoted to this surname - I'll need to find it and link it here. As for Romeo - yup, it\s also a biggie!!nucciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10002959734956364823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035343289875246208.post-14738868647501810572014-10-28T14:06:50.082-04:002014-10-28T14:06:50.082-04:00I feel your pain ... my Grandfather was born in Ar...I feel your pain ... my Grandfather was born in Ardore, and his last name was ... Romeo. That's a very common name in Italy, and Reggio Calabria is full of them. My Grandmother's mother (both maternal grandparents) was from Benestare, and I'm finding her mother's surname also mixed in with Romeos. <br />I'm having the same trouble with my father's family in Abruzzo ... so many branches with the same surname ...<br />Patti FrabottaPJEFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433383574344262617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3035343289875246208.post-68637282063649669792013-11-16T10:05:41.574-05:002013-11-16T10:05:41.574-05:00Hi, my family also comes from Calabria. Molochio t...Hi, my family also comes from Calabria. Molochio to be precise. My great grandfather (Salvatore) came over in 1903 and married my great grandmother (Filomena) in 1908.<br /><br />I remember reading in high school that our surname came from Spain. It comes from the Spanish word "mora" for mulberry.<br /><br />Here is a copy and paste:<br />Interestingly, family names such as Morabito, Murabito and Mirabito are common in western Sicily, the Aeolian Islands and southern Calabria in Italy. These names may have appeared in this region as early as the 11th century, when Robert Guiscard and the Normans defeated the Saracens (Muslims) in Sicily. In addition to southern Italy, there are also sizable populations of Mourabit (also spelled Murabit) in modern-day Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania.Joseph Morabitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com