Where does the name Zanin come from?

Question: Where does the name Zanin come from!?

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There is little doubt the name Zanin is Italian !

Tauriano di Spilimbergo
The place lies in the council of Spilimbergo, in the province of Pordone and in district Friúli Venezia-Giulia, Italy!.

Tauriano originally belonged to van the noble imperial family Statilia ( nicknamed Taurus) or from tne ancient civilian family Thoria ( they had a fighting bull in their armour)

The inhabitants mainly stem from a few families:
Martina
Cristofoli
Indri
ZANIN

http://www!.argante!.nl/enFriuli!.html
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Zanon (Zanin) -- an early form of this name (de Zanonis) has been found in written records of Cunevo dating to the 16th century!.
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Grappa di Moscato
Distilleria Zanin (Veneto, Italy)
http://www!.diwinetaste!.com/dwt/en2007057!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

from ancestry!.com
Italian: from the personal name Z(u)an(n)i, a northeastern (Venetian) form of Gianni (from Giovanni, Italian equivalent of John)!. Zani or Zanni is a comic figure in the Commedia del’Arte, and the surname may be a nickname derived from this use, which is also the origin of the English word zany!.Www@QuestionHome@Com