Zanni

See also: zanni and Zänni

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Zanni.

Proper noun

Zanni (plural Zannis)

A surname from Italian.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Zanni is the 38214^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 580 individuals. Zanni is most common among White (95.0%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zanni”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

From the Venetian variant of the personal name Gianni.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zan.ni/[1]
Rhymes: -anni
Hyphenation: Zàn‧ni

Proper noun

Zanni m or f by sense

a surname from Venetian

References

Zanni in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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