Bordonaro Family History
Bordonaro Name Meaning
Italian (Sicily):: occupational name for a muleteer (strictly speaking a driver of hinnies the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse) Italian bordonaro Sicilian bburdunaru (from Latin burdonarius). The Sicilian word also means ‘tuna fishing net’ thus the name may have been a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman in some instances. from a derivative of bordone ‘pilgrim's staff’ probably applied as a nickname for someone who had made a significant pilgrimage.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022