Given name & surname

Fauci

“sickle”

Fauci is a surname from Sicilian. It is used in English, Italian, and Sicilian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Fauci goes back to a word, meaning “sickle.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Fauci comes from Sicilian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Fauci’s family of names

In English usage, Fauci as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Sicilian form La Fauci. In English usage, Fauci as a surname has a related form in La Fauci. In English usage, Fauci as a surname has a related form in la-Fauci.

Walk Fauci’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Fauci has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Sicilian roots to each of them.

EnglishSicilian

Sicilianwhere Fauci comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Fauci, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Sicilian

Paci

“peace”

No U.S. birth series

40% boys · 60% girls

Sicilian

Alesci

Alesci is a surname from Sicilian. It is used in Italian.

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Ancient Greek

Tanasi

Tanasi is a surname from Sicilian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

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Sicilian

De Lisi

“son of/belonging to Lisi”

No U.S. birth series

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Sicilian

Colaci

Colaci is a surname from Sicilian. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

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Sicilian

Delisi

“literally of Lisi”

No U.S. birth series

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Sicilian

Puglisi

Puglisi is a surname from Sicilian. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

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Ancient Greek

Ferlito

Ferlito is a surname from Sicilian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Fauci’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A sister for Fauci