Tracing the Pennissi Family Name

Arms linked to Pennisi and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Ancestors listed as Pennissi are often found as Pennisi a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Pennisi, is “Feather / Sicilian place”.

Pennissi adds “s” to Pennisi, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

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