Contessina

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Contessina

Say it: kon-tes-SEE-nah

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Meaning

A diminutive of contessa 'countess', so 'little countess'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Used as a given name among Florentine families in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Italian

Famous bearers

Contessina de' Bardi, wife of Cosimo de' Medici

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427

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