Where does the name Zanin come from?

Question

Does anyone know what country this comes from?

Answer 1

There is little doubt the name Zanin is Italian !

Tauriano di Spilimbergo

The place lies in the council of Spilimbergo, in the province of Pordone and in district Friúli Venezia-Giulia, Italy.

Tauriano originally belonged to van the noble imperial family Statilia ( nicknamed Taurus) or from tne ancient civilian family Thoria ( they had a fighting bull in their armour)

The inhabitants mainly stem from a few families:

Martina

Cristofoli

Indri

ZANIN

http://www.argante.nl/enFriuli.html

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Zanon (Zanin) -- an early form of this name (de Zanonis) has been found in written records of Cunevo dating to the 16th century.

http://www.trentinoheritage.com/cunevo.h...

Grappa di Moscato

Distilleria Zanin (Veneto, Italy)

http://www.diwinetaste.com/dwt/en2007057...

Answer 2

from ancestry.com

Italian: from the personal name Z(u)an(n)i, a northeastern (Venetian) form of Gianni (from Giovanni, Italian equivalent of John). Zani or Zanni is a comic figure in the Commedia del’Arte, and the surname may be a nickname derived from this use, which is also the origin of the English word zany.