BOLAFFIO Origin of surname
BOLAFFIO
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
Bolaffio is an Italian form of the Arabic Abu Al'afiya, literally "father of good health/wellbeing", a surname which was borne by Muslim and Jewish physicians. Spanish documents record several spellings and variants of Abenafia, Abinafia and Abenyafia; in the 14th century - Afia, Abelafia, Abolafia ( associated particularly with the region of Cordova in Spain) and Affia; and in the 15th century - Abinjaffia, Abolafio, Habulafia and Abonafia. Italian forms comprise Bolaffi, which is closely related to the English Bolaffey. Abenafia is recorded as a Jewish family name in 1285 with the royal bailiff, Aaron Abenafia, of Calatayud, Spain, and the 13th/14th century Catalonian rabbi and physician, Joseph Abenafia.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Bolaffio include the Italian jurist Leone Bolaffio (1848-1940), founder of the Italian Society for the Study of Stenography and the Italian writer, journalist, and newspaper publisher, Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1846-1901).
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
Bolaffio is an Italian form of the Arabic Abu Al'afiya, literally "father of good health/wellbeing", a surname which was borne by Muslim and Jewish physicians. Spanish documents record several spellings and variants of Abenafia, Abinafia and Abenyafia; in the 14th century - Afia, Abelafia, Abolafia ( associated particularly with the region of Cordova in Spain) and Affia; and in the 15th century - Abinjaffia, Abolafio, Habulafia and Abonafia. Italian forms comprise Bolaffi, which is closely related to the English Bolaffey. Abenafia is recorded as a Jewish family name in 1285 with the royal bailiff, Aaron Abenafia, of Calatayud, Spain, and the 13th/14th century Catalonian rabbi and physician, Joseph Abenafia.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Bolaffio include the Italian jurist Leone Bolaffio (1848-1940), founder of the Italian Society for the Study of Stenography and the Italian writer, journalist, and newspaper publisher, Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1846-1901).