Piccardo

Piccardo
Family name
Meaning person from Picardy
Region of origin France
Language(s) of origin French
Related names Picard, Piccard, Pickard

Piccardo is an Italian surname, a version of Picard, meaning a person from Picardy, a historical region and cultural area of France. It is found primarily in Liguria, in Tuscany (as Piccardi) and Campania (as Picardi).

Piccardo family

The Piccardo family is an ancient Italian family, from Liguria, of Northern French origin. In the 19th century a family branch relocated from Voltri, in the Kingdom of Sardinia, to Monte San Giovanni Campano, in the Papal States. A branch of the family also settled in the Eastern North America, according to genealogical organisation House of Names.

They were famous entrepreneurs in the paper industry of the region Liguria and in Southern Lazio.

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