Mitrani

Mitrani is a surname which is used by Jewish people. It is a combination of the Hebrew preposition mi and Trani meaning "from Trani".

It was first adopted by the Italian-origin Sephardic Jews who settled in Wallachia, Romania, coming from Trani, Italy, in the 1700s. In a 1961 study the same view is also emphasized adding that it is a well-established way for Jewish people to formulate names based on the places where their ancestors resided. It has a variant, Mitrany. Notable people with the surname are as follows:

David Mitrany (1888–1975), Romanian-born British scholar and historian

David Mitrani Arenal (born 1966), Cuban writer

Luke Mitrani (born 1990), American snowboarder and musician

Michel Mitrani (1930–1996), French film director and screenwriter

Noël Mitrani (born 1969), Canadian-born French film director

Nora Mitrani (1921–1961), Bulgarian writer

Rachel Mitrani, birth name of Shelley Morrison (1936–2019), American actress

References

Jewish toponymic surnames

Surnames of Sephardic origin

Surnames of Italian origin