Mitrani
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Mitrani is a surname which is used by Jewish people.[1] It is a combination of the Hebrew preposition mi and Trani meaning "from Trani".[2]
It was first adopted by the Italian-origin Sephardic Jews who settled in Wallachia, Romania, coming from Trani, Italy, in the 1700s.[2][3] 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.[4] It has a variant, Mitrany.[3] 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