Talk:Cuneo (surname)

This surname is piedmontese, in the North of Italy. It is a toponymic. It is the name of one of the eight provinces that make up the region of Piedmont (Piemonte) and is also found in Genoa. The meaning is the seal or the stamp which is printing or in a paper, a document, and this also signal is the wedge used to adjust or tighten the objects with each other, to fit them or to fill any slit or hole. For example, the wedge on a door. The appearance of this surname in Italy dates back to the 13th century. There are some later forms, such as Cunei, Cunio, Cugno, Cunial, Cunis, Cuniettia, Chionetti, Chinetti, and others more compressed as Chiodi and Chionio. Most widespread in France, are the spelling Cuni and Cuny, so also Cunill and Conill. --Josué (talk) 23:18, 1 June 2014 (UTC)