Frequency: (186)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: of uncertain derivation; possibly from a derivative of imbrogliare ‘to confuse or embroil’, hence a nickname for a muddler. More likely perhaps (since there is no evidence for an older form Imbroglio), it may be from a variant of the personal name Bruno + the southern prefix in- ‘of the family of’ (see Imbimbo).
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 25%. Armando (2), Mario (2), Orlando (2), Aurelio, Biagio, Carmine, Enrico, Gaetano, Giacomino, Gilda, Guilio, Vita.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
