Berardi is an Italian surname. It is derived from the Germanic berahard, composed by *berô ("bear") and *harduz ("hard", "brave"),[1][2] and can therefore be interpreted as "daring bear".[3] Notable people with the surname include:
- Angelo Berardi (1636–1694), Italian music theorist and composer
- Antonio Berardi (born 1968), British fashion designer
- Carbo Sebastiano Berardi (1719–1768), Italian Roman Catholic priest and canon lawyer
- Cristofano Berardi, Italian engraver
- Domenico Berardi (born 1994), Italian footballer
- Fabio Berardi (born 1959), Sammarinese politician
- Fabio Berardi (engraver) (1728–1788), Italian engraver
- Filippo Berardi (born 1992), Sammarinese footballer
- Franco Berardi (born 1948), Italian Marxist theorist
- Gaetano Berardi (born 1988), Swiss footballer
- Giancarlo Berardi (born 1949), Italian comic book writer
- Giovanni Berardi (1380–1449), Italian cardinal
- Pasquale Berardi (born 1983), Italian footballer
- Simone Berardi (born 1979), Italian footballer
See also
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edit- ^ La Stella T., Enzo (1993). Santi e fanti: Dizionario dei nomi di persona (in Italian). Rome: Zanichelli. p. 385. ISBN 88-08-14080-6.
- ^ Altdeutsches Namenbuch (in German). Munich; Hildesheim: Wilhelm Fink; Georg Olms. 1856. p. 1400.
- ^ Burgio, Alfonso (1992). Dizionario dei nomi propri di persona (in Italian). Roma: Hermes Edizioni. p. 352. ISBN 88-7938-013-3.