Italian edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps an aphaeretic form of a diminutive of the Sardinian surname Amadu. Alternatively, it could be a Sardinian descendant of the Latin cognomen Metellus.[1]

Proper noun edit

Madeddu m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Sardinian

References edit

  1. ^ Massimo Pittau, I cognomi della Sardegna - Volume 2 M-Z, p. 21

Further reading edit