Meduna

Meduna is a toponymic surname of Celtic origin derived from the hydronym Meduna via the related toponym Meduna (di Livenza).[1][2] It is first attested as the name of the homonymus river in a charter issued by Charlemagne in the year 794,[3] and appears as a surname in the early 11th century in Italy and since the late 16th century in the Czech lands, form where it spread mainly to Austria, the United States and Brazil.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Puntin, Maurizio (2023). Cjanâl da la Miduna: Gli Antichi Nomi della Val Meduna e della Val Colvera e la Poesia di Novella Cantarutti (in Italian). Udine: Società Filologica Friulana ; [Montereale Valcellina] : Circolo culturale Menocchio. pp. 313–317. ISBN 978-88-7636-394-8.
  2. ^ Niger, Dominicus Marius (1517). Geographiae commentariorum libri XI (...) (in Latin). per Henrchum Petri. p. 115.
  3. ^ Pertz, Georg Heinrich (1906). "Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Diplomata Karolinorum, 1: Pippini, Carlomanni, Caroli Magni Diplomata" (in German and Latin). p. 239 (n. 177). Archived from the original on 2023-03-24.
  4. ^ Rocco, Lepido; Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio (1897). Motta di Livenza e suoi dintorni : studio storico (in Italian). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Treviso : Litografia Sociale della "Gazzetta". pp. 21, 204, 348–349.
  5. ^ "Comune di Meduna di Livenza: Storia - Medioevo". Comune di Meduna di Livenza (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  6. ^ "Meduna Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2023-08-18.