Italian: from the medieval personal name Desiderio, from
Latin Desiderius, a derivative of desiderium ‘desire’,
‘longing’, given to a longed-for son or as a devotional name, an
expression of the Christian’s longing for God.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Desiderio
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Desiderio census records
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