Surname · also Italian

Buscemi

“castle of the man with the mole”

Buscemi is a surname from Italian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in English and Italian.

Original ItalianBuscema

Meaning & origin

What it means

Buscemi goes back to a word meaning “castle of the man with the mole.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Buscemi comes from Italian, and ultimately from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة; its root is Arabic ء ب و.

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Buscemi’s family of names

In Italian usage, Buscemi as a surname has a related form in BUSCEMA.

Walk Buscemi’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Sibling ideas

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