deciphering a surname

[warriorrabbit]

Here is the birth and marriage record (I think I missed finding this birth record the first couple trawls through the records, because she suddenly became Pietra Nunzia and I was just looking for Nunzia).

I just cannot discern the mother's surname... Giovanna Gio... Giordino? I don't know.

https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 85/LqxxJ3M marriage
https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12 ... 75/w922QN6 birth

Also, sorry, what's right before Ignazio's name on both records...?

[Tessa78]

The surname is Giaimo... Found in Patti.
The second "i" is a long i..

The abbreviation for "maestro". preceeds Ignazio's name
He is a master cook.

T.

[warriorrabbit]

That little tail hanging down really threw me, I'd never have guessed an m. I was, like, Giugno? Giopino? So many guesses, all wrong.

[Tessa78]

The letter ⟨j⟩ (I lunga, "long I", or gei) is not considered part of the standard Italian alphabet; however, it is used in some Latin words, in proper nouns (such as Jesi, Letojanni, Juventus, etc.), in words borrowed from foreign languages (most common: jeans, but also jazz, jet, jeep, banjo),[13] and in an archaic spelling of Italian.

Until the 19th century, ⟨j⟩ was used in Italian instead of ⟨i⟩ in word-initial rising diphthongs, as a replacement for final -⟨ii⟩, and between vowels (as in Savoja); this rule was quite strict in official writing.

T.