Given name & surname

Scifo

“container, vessel”

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

Meaning & origin

What it means

Scifo goes back to Sicilian Scifu, meaning “container, vessel.”

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Where it comes from

Scifo comes from Sicilian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Italian usage, Scifo as a surname developed from Scifu.

Scifo’s family of names

In Italian usage, Scifo as a surname developed from the Sicilian form Scifu.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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.

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Arabic

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Sicilian

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Ancient Greek

Stiefnu

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Sibling ideas

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

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