Naro

Borrowed from Italian Naro.

Naro (plural Naros)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Naro is the 38155^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 581 individuals. Naro is most common among White (90.53%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Naro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 650.

• Arno, NRAO, roan, Anor, Oran, Rona, Nora, 'rona, Aron, rona, RONA

Disputed. Theorized origins include:

• Ancient Greek ναρόν (narón, “current”)
• Ancient Greek νηρόν (nērón) / νερόν (nerón), both meaning "water"
• Arabic نَهَر (nahar, “river”)

Naro m

1. a river in Sicily

Naro f

1. a town and comune of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Naro m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

• narese

• Arno, orna

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈna.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.ro]

Narō m sg (genitive Narōnis); third declension

1. a river in Dalmatia that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Neretva or Narenta

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Narōna

• “Naro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Naro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Naro”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly