Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Rio de Janeiro

Borrowed from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Southeast Region
Southeast Region#English


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Tokyo

Borrowed from Japanese 東京 (とうきょう, Tōkyō, literally “Eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjæng, “capital”).

bor+

とうきょう, Tōkyō

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English:_Q1250

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (an autonomous region in northern Italy)


Cuneo

From Latin cuneus (“wedge”) (whence cuneo and conio), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Cognate to Piedmontese Coni.


Agrigento

Borrowed from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”). Cognate to Sicilian Girgenti.

Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)


Arezzo

From Latin Ārrētium, from Etruscan 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌 (aritim).

Arezzo (a city and province of Tuscany, Italy)


Benevento

Benevento (the capital city of the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy)


Bolzano

From earlier Bolgiano, from Vulgar Latin Bauzana, Bauzanum, from earlier Bautianum, Baudianum, from Bautius, Baudius, a latinization of a Celtic personal name. Cognate with German Bozen, which is derived from a variant Vulgar Latin form (Pauzana, Pozana).

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

Bolzano (the provincial capital of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Brescia

From Lombard Brèsa, Latin Brixia, probably from a Gaulish/Celtic (Cisalpine) root meaning "hill".

Brescia (the capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy)


Campobasso

Morphologically from campo (“field”) + basso (“low”), however the original name in Medieval Latin was Campus Vassorum, indicating that the city was a seat of vassals.

a surname transferred from the place name


Catania

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)). The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

der

Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Catanzaro

From Latin Catanciarium, from the earlier Catacium, from the original Ancient Greek name Katantza'rion, from Καταρτάριοι (Katartárioi, “silk spinners”), as the town was known for its silk.

Catanzaro (a town and province of Italy)


Como

Como (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Cosenza

From Latin Cōnsentia, Cosentia, from consentia.


Lecco

From Latin Leucum, of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from or related to leux (“shining, white”).


Livorno

From Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians.

the letter L in the Italian spelling alphabet.


Messina

English: Messina

→ Ottoman Turkish: مسینه (mesine)

Turkish: misina

From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece.


Modena

From Latin Mutina, from Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌍𐌀 (mutna).

Modena (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Modena (a city in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Nuoro

Borrowed from Sardinian Nùgoro. Cognate with Sicilian Nùguru.

Nuoro (a town and province of Sardinia, Italy)


Prato

Prato (the capital city of the province of Prato, Tuscany, Italy)


Rovigo

Rovigo (a province and town in Veneto, Italy)


Salerno

From Latin Salernum, from one of the city's Etruscan names.

the letter S in the Italian spelling alphabet


Taranto

From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), which also yields Albanian dru (“wood, tree”).

the letter T in the Italian spelling alphabet


Teramo

Ultimately from the Latin name of the site, Interamnia Praetutorium (“city of the Praetutii tribe between two rivers”) or Interamnium, later becoming Teramum.

Teramo (the capital city of the province of Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy)


Trento

Inherited from Latin Tridentum (literally “three teeth”), named for the three hills that surround the city.

inh+

Trento (the provincial capital of Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Viterbo

Viterbo (a province and town in Lazio, Italy)


Minnesota

Minnesota (a state of the United States)


Colombo

Colombo (the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka)


Milano

From Latin Mediōlānum, possibly of Gaulish origin.

the letter M in the Italian spelling alphabet


Torino

→ Translingual: Torino

→ English: Torino

→ Danish: Torino

→ Estonian: Torino

→ Finnish: Torino

→ Japanese: トリノ

→ Turkish: Torino

From the Roman name, Latin Augusta Iulia Taurinorum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini, a Celtic-Ancient Ligurian tribe.


vietnamita

it-noun

vietnamita m or f by sense (masculine plural vietnamiti, feminine plural vietnamite)

vietnamiti (masculine plural)
vietnamite (feminine plural)


Andrea

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). Due to the loss of the final S, the female name Andrea translates as Andreina.

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew


Nevada

Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”, feminine).


Chicago

Borrowed from English, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou.


Scozia

la Scozia (canonical feminine)
Iscozia (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin Scōtia, after the population of Scōtī, a term of possible Celtic origin.

Scotland (a country in the United Kingdom, Europe)


Brenna

Possibly of Celtic origin, as Celts were known to inhabit the area before Romans. The meaning is unclear, but compare Proto-Celtic *branos (“crow”), which is also the source of the Latin name Brennus.


Sahara

From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).


Diana

a female given name, equivalent to English Diana


Andromeda

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).


Cuda

The Italian surname hails from region of Calabria, from the Calabresian term cauda, which derived from the Latin coda ("toward the tail").


Angelo

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angel


Angelo

a surname transferred from the given name


Bianca

→ English: Bianca

→ Danish: Bianca

→ German: Bianca

From bianca, feminine singular form of bianco (“white”, adjective).

a female given name, masculine equivalent Bianco, equivalent to English Blanche


Bruna

a female given name, masculine equivalent Bruno


Budda

From Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”) past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake”).


Castello

Castello (a district (sestiere) of Venice, Veneto, Italy)


Edo

(historical) Edo (the former name of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan)


Io

it:85 Io
it:Io (astronomia)
it:Io (mitologia)


Magenta

a surname transferred from the place name


Mercurio

(mythology, Roman mythology) Mercury (Roman god)


Nova

Probably a habitational surname from the town of Nova Milanese, in Lombardy.


Piano

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a plain, from piano (“plain, flatland”).


Ra

Transcription of Egyptian r:a-N5:Z1-C2 (rꜥ, “sun; the god Ra”).

bor

(Egyptian mythology) Ra (god of the Sun)


Rana

From rana (“frog”), a nickname for a person with bulging eyes or a croaky voice.


Romano

a male given name from Latin Rōmānus, name of a saint


Tango

Probably a patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name containing the element *þankaz (“thought, mind, consideration”).


Topolino

Coordinate term: Gambadilegno


Vespa

From vespa (“wasp”), in reference to its shape or sound. See also Ape (“bee”).

Coordinate term: Lambretta

Vespa (Italian brand of motor scooter, or any similar motor scooter)


Viola

The given name derived from Latin viola (“a violet”). The surname can be matronymic, but more often occupational, for a dyer of violet cloth, or a player of the viola.


Volta

Translingual: V

→ English: Volta

English: volt, voltage, voltaic

Converged from different nicknames, including volpe (“fox”) and volta (“a turn, rotation, spin”).

Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist


Vulcano

a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea


Berlino

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


Caracalla

From Latin Caracalla, from caracalla (“a kind of cloak”).


Bruno

Saint's name of Germanic origin, cognate to English Bruno. The surname also originates as a nickname from bruno (“brown”), cognate with English Brown.

a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno


Cicero

From the Sicilian surname (namely a nciuria) Cìciru, from cìciru (“chickpea”). Not directly related to Latin Cicero. Doublet of Italian Cecere.


Maffia

From a variant of the personal name Mattia.


Celia

From Latin Caelia, feminine form of Caelius.


Paola

a female given name, equivalent to English Paula


Zurigo

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Virgilio

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Virgil


Virgilio

a village near Mantua where Virgil was born (originally named Andes)


Zola

a habitational surname from several places of the name in Italy


Nicola

From Latin Nicolaus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Doublet of Niccolò.

a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas


Disdero

A name coming from Desiderio, from Latin Desiderius (longed for). A French origin could be possible, the form Disdier (compare Didier, Dizier) being used in Hautes Alpes.

(rare) a surname, used mainly in west Italy Piedmont


Accardo

a southern Italian surname from Norman, equivalent to English Ackert or German Eckert


Alessandro

From Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander


Pechino

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


Orlando

Orlando (a city, the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States, see Orlando, Florida)


Abramo

From Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám, “Abraham”).

uder

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham


Praga

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Pasqua

Pasque (plural)
Pascqua (alternative)
Pascua (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), ultimately from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “Passover”). The surname was given to someone who was born this day.


Senna

From the placenames Senna Comasco and Senna Lodigiana in Lombardy, possibly from the Etruscan personal name 𐌔𐌄𐌌𐌍𐌀 (semna). Also from the noun senna (“cassia tree”).


Mogadiscio

Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū)


Anastasio

From Latin Anastasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀναστάσιος (Anastásios).


Valentino

a male given name, feminine equivalent Valentina, equivalent to English Valentine


Argentino

Patronymic surname from a diminutive of the rare personal name Argento, from argento (“silver”).


Enrico

From Old High German Haimirich, composed of Heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”).

Amerigo (alternative)
Anrico (alternative)
Arrigo (alternative)
Errico (alternative)

a male given name, equivalent to English Henry


Luca

→ English: Luca

→ German: Luca

a male given name, equivalent to English Luke or Lucas


Giuda

From Latin Iūdās, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδᾱς (Ioúdās), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Y'hudá).

a male given name, equivalent to English Jude


Neemia

From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).


Sanna

Perhaps from Sardinian sanna (“fang, tusk”), nickname for someone with projecting teeth.


Tagliafierro

a surname indigenous to the Campania region of Italy


Isaia

From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).

der

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū)


Maiorca

From Latin īnsula major (literally “larger island”); the intermediate form was Maiorica.

Majorca (the largest island of the Balearic Islands of Spain)


Malachia

From Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, literally “my messenger”).


Elena

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen


Armando

a male given name, feminine equivalent Armanda, equivalent to English Herman; variant form Ermanno


Armando

a surname transferred from the given name


Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer


Arborio

Most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare Italian arboreo.

A town in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy, famous for its rice production


Montepulciano

monte + pulciano, personal name, from dialectal Pulsa, from Latin publicianus, variant of publicius, from publicus and ultimately Etruscan.

a variety of grape, cultivated in the Marche, Abruzzi and Apulia; a red wine made from these grapes (more usually uncapitalised/uncapitalized as montepulciano)


Montalcino

either of two fine red wines made in the region of this town


Barbaresco

A town in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont


Barolo

Possibly from a Celtic compound meaning “low place”. Cognate with Piedmontese Bareul.


Μίνως

grc-proper noun

Μῑ́νως • (Mī́nōs) m (genitive Μῑ́νωος or Μῑ́νω, variously declined); third declension, Attic declension

Μῑ́νως (canonical)
Mī́nōs (romanization)
Μῑ́νωος (genitive)
Μῑ́νω (genitive)
genitive Μῑ́νωος (romanization)
Μῑ́νω (romanization)
variously declined (romanization)
ὁ Μῑ́νως (nominative singular)
τοῦ Μῑ́νωος (genitive singular)
τῷ Μῑ́νῳ (dative singular)
Μῑ́νωῐ̈ (dative singular)
τὸν Μῑ́νω (accusative singular)
Μῑ́νωᾰ (accusative singular)
Μῑ́νως (singular vocative)
ὁ Μῑ́νως (nominative singular)
τοῦ Μῑ́νω (genitive singular)
τῷ Μῑ́νῳ (dative singular)
τὸν Μῑ́νω (accusative singular)
Μῑ́νων (accusative singular)
tòn Mī́nō (accusative singular)
tòn Mī́nōn (accusative singular)
Μῑ́νως (singular vocative)

Greek: Μίνως (Mínos)

Latin: Mīnōs

Turkish: Minos

From the Cretan Ancient Greek word for "king" ; further origin unknown. Appearing in Minoan Linear A tablets is 𐘻𐘯𐘃 (mi-nu-te), which is possibly related.


Barbarossa

A nickname, from barba (“beard”) + rossa (“red”).


Rinaldo

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Reynold


Lia

From Latin Līa, itself from Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).


Fano

A coastal town in Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy


Etna

Borrowed from Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

der

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)


Manunta

a surname probably originating in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia


Sirio

From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios).


Sudafrica

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


São Tomé e Príncipe

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese São Tomé e Príncipe (literally “Saint Thomas and Prince”), after the Prince of Portugal.

ubor

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)

Prince of Portugal
it:São Tomé e Príncipe


Esposito

English: Esposito

French: Esposito

From esposito, from Latin expositus (“exposed”). This surname was given to abandoned children left in front of churches or monasteries.


Falco

From falco (“hawk”), a nickname for a swift or keen-eyed person.


Scilla

From Latin Scylla, from Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla).

A town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Alessio

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexis or Alexius


Nanna

Probably from a feminine form of Nanni, or directly a diminutive of the personal name Giovanna.


Gregorio

Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”).

bor

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Gregory


Marsiglia

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Dario

a male given name from Old Persian, feminine equivalent Daria, equivalent to English Darius


Zaccaria

Zachariah, Zacharias, Zachary, Zechariah (biblical character)

a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin


Tobia

Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).


Tarquinio

a male given name, equivalent to English Tarquin


Edimburgo

Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


Strasburgo

Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)


Savoia

Through an intermediate *Sabau(d)ja, from Latin Sabaudia.


Salisburgo

Salzburg (the capital city of the state of Salzburg, Austria)


Saba

Caribbean Netherlands
Caribbean Netherlands

Saba, an island in the Caribbean Netherlands


Rovereto

Rovereto (a city in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Fabio

a surname transferred from the given name


Quinto

From Latin Quīntus, from Latin quīntus (“fifth”).


Donato

Early saint's name from Latin Donātus, meaning "given" (as by God).


Pollicino

From pollice (“thumb”) + -ino (diminutive suffix), based on French Petit Poucet.


Petrarca

Purposely changed from Petracco, his father's given name and his patronymic, derived from the name Pietro (“Peter”).


Efeso

From Latin Ephesus, from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos).


Federico

Federigo (alternative)
Fedrico (alternative)
Frederico (alternative)

a male given name, equivalent to English Frederick


Fiorenza

a female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Fiorenzo, equivalent to English Florence


Ilario

Borrowed from Latin Hilarius, cognate to English Hilary and Hillary.


Girolamo

a male given name, equivalent to English Jerome


Giosia

uder

Hebrew יאשׁיּהוּ


Silvestro

a male given name, equivalent to English Sylvester


Azio

From Latin Actium, from Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion).


Pitagora

From Ancient Greek Πυθαγόρας (Puthagóras).


Toledo

Borrowed from Spanish Toledo, from Latin Tolētum.


Eramo

From a variant of the personal name Erasmo.


Gioia

a female given name, equivalent to English Joy


Giambattista

Contraction of Giovanni Battista (“John the Baptist”). Cognate with French Jean-Baptiste.


Gerico

From Latin Ierĭchō, itself through Ancient Greek Ἰεριχώ (Ierikhṓ) from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (Yərīḥō).


Geova

Borrowed from Latin Iehōva, itself based on Biblical Hebrew יהוה (IHVH) vocalized through אֲדֹנָי (adonái) to avoid pronouncing God's name. The term is commonly associated with Jehovah's Witnesses.


Galizia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).

autonomous community
autonomous community

Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Amburgo

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)


Friburgo

Fribourg (the capital city of Fribourg canton, Switzerland)


Ezechia

From Hebrew חִזְקִיָּה (chizkiyá, “Hezekiah”).


Esdra

From Latin Esdras, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew עזרא.


Ercolano

Borrowed from Latin Herculaneum.
* (modern town in Campania): Used since 1969.


Damiano

a male given name, equivalent to English Damian or Damien


Reggio Calabria

From the earlier Old Italian Reggio, from Late Latin Rēgium, Latin Rhēgium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion). The city became known as Reggio Calabria after the Italian Unification.

Reggio Calabria (a historical province and metropolitan city of Calabria, Italy)

Reggio Calabria (a city and commune, the provincial capital of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy)

(history) Regium, an important flourishing Ancient Greek colonial settlement in Magna Graecia on the Strait of Messina from the early 1st millennium BCE thru the Hellenistic, Ancient Roman, Byzantine Roman and medieval epochs


Reggio Emilia

A city and province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Crispino

a male given name, equivalent to English Crispin


Aleppo

→ Danish: Aleppo

→ Dutch: Aleppo

→ English: Aleppo

→ Finnish: Aleppo

→ German: Aleppo

→ Norwegian: Aleppo

→ Polish: Aleppo

→ Russian: Алеппо (Aleppo)

→ Swedish: Aleppo

→ Ukrainian: Алеппо (Aleppo)

Borrowed from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of unknown origin.


Clemenza

Feminine version of the personal name Clemente.

a female given name, equivalent to English Clemence


Otranto

From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs).

the letter O in the Italian spelling alphabet


Romagnolo

From romagnolo (“Romagnol”), an ethnic surname.


Cirillo

→ Maltese: Ċirillu

a male given name, equivalent to English Cyril


Cirillo

a surname transferred from the given name


Cappuccetto Rosso

Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood


Caria

Derived from Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

der+

Caria (“historical region in Asia Minor”)


Gubbio

Inherited from Latin Iguvium, Eugubium, from Umbrian.


Bergamasco

From bergamasco (“of or related to Bergamo”).


Letizia

a female given name, equivalent to English Letitia


Barnaba

From Ancient Greek Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs), from the Hebrew בּר (bar, “son”) and נָבִיא (naví, “prophet”).


Aloisio

a male given name, equivalent to English Aloysius


Aminta

From Latin Amyntas, from Ancient Greek Ἀμύντας (Amúntas).


Barabba

From Latin Barabbās, from Ancient Greek Βαραββᾶς (Barabbâs), from Aramaic בַּר אַבָּא (bar ʾabbā, “son of the father”).


Anassagora

From Ancient Greek Ἀναξαγόρας (Anaxagóras).


Gesualdo

a male given name derived from the surname


Ippolito

From Latin Hippolytus, from Ancient Greek Ἰππόλυτος (Ippólutos).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Hippolytus


Isotta

a female given name, equivalent to English Iseult or Isolde


Rando

From the Germanic personal name Rando; see Randon. Also reduced from names such as Bertrando (see Bertram) and Randolfo (see Randolph).


Polidoro

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολύδωρος (Polúdōros).

bor+

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polydorus


Briga

Of Ligurian origin, from brigo, a word of Celtic origin meaning a high and fortified site, from Proto-Celtic *brigā.

any of several Italian or French alpine communes


Battista

Giovanni Battista
Giovanni Battista#Italian

a male given name, shortened from Giovanni Battista (“John the Baptist”)


Calogero

From Koine Greek καλόγηρος (kalógēros), from καλός (kalós, “good, beautiful”) + γῆρας (gêras, “old age”).


Caboto

John Cabot, Italian navigator and explorer (in Italian, Giovanni Caboto)


Fortunato

it-proper noun

Fortunato m (diminutive Fortunino or Fortunio)

Fortunino (diminutive)
Fortunio (diminutive)


Filiberto

a male given name, equivalent to French Philibert


Gianluca

English: Gianluca

From Gian, shortened form of Giovanni (“John”) + Luca (“Luke”). Cognate with French Jean-Luc.

a male given name, Gianluca, originating as a coinage


Canuto

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Canūtus, Latinized form of Anglo-Norman *Canut or Kenut, itself from Old Norse Knútr.

a male given name, equivalent to English Canute or Knut


Onorato

From Late Latin Honorātus. Cognate to French Honoré.


Sodano

→ English: Sodano

From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad, “black person”).


Giusto

a male given name, equivalent to English Justus


Delo

From Latin Delos, from Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).


Stalingrado

(historical) Stalingrad (The former name, 1925-1961, of Volgograd, a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle)


Bua

From a variant of bue (“ox”), a nickname for a herdsman or for powerfully built man.


Bellocchio

From bello (“beautiful”) + occhio (“eye”).


Serra

Habitational surname, from any of numerous places called Serra.


Massa

Massa Lubrense
Massa d'Albe
Massa di Somma

* The town is from Latin Massa.
* The surname is from several places such as Massa Lubrense or Massa di Somma or Massa d'Albe, all from Latin massa (“lump, pile”).


Fulco

From a variant of the personal name Folco.


Rota

English: Rota


Gotha

Gotha (a town and rural district of Thuringia, Germany)


Montano

English: Montano

a habitational surname from landforms, equivalent to English Mountain


Leningrado

(historical) Leningrad (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia); former name of Saint Petersburg, used from 1924 to 1991


Leonida

From Latin Leonida, from Ancient Greek Λεωνίδας (Leōnídas).


Velasco

Borrowed from Spanish. Doublet of Vasco.


Mineo

a surname transferred from the place name


Lilla

Borrowed from French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”).

Lille (the capital city of the Nord department, France; capital city of the region of Hauts-de-France)


Marciano

a male given name, equivalent to English Marcianus


Carrara

From the Roman name, derived from Latin Carrariae (“quarries”), from a Celtic word (likely Ligurian) *kar (“stone”).

A town in Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries


Morgana

From Old Welsh or Old Breton Morgen (a female given name unrelated with the male one Morgan, literally “sea-born”).

der

a female given name unrelated with the male one <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Morgan</i>

(Arthurian legend) Ellipsis of fata Morgana; Morgan le Fay (half-sister of King Arthur)


Malatesta

a surname, several members of which family were important in Italian history


Avicenna

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Avicenna, from Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā).

اِبْن سِينَا

Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā)

L'Aere, secondo Avicenna, è uno degli elementi delle cose generate

13ᵗʰ century, “Ⅱ. Dell'aria, e conoscimento della bontà, e malizia sua [2. About the Air, and the Discernment of Its Goodness and Badness]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 4:

Air is, according to Avicenna, one of the elements of the created things

[…] e vidi Orfeo,
Tulïo e Lino e Seneca morale;
Eulide geomètra e Tolomeo,
Ipocràte, Avicenna e Galïeno,
Averoìs che ’l gran comento feo.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto IV”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 140–144; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

and Orpheus saw I, Tully and Livy, and moral Seneca, Euclid, geometrician, and Ptolemy, Hippocrates, Avicenna, and Galen, and Averroes, who the great Comment made.

Avicenna (Persian polymath (c. 980–1037))


Orvieto

From Latin Urbs Vetus (literally “old city”).


Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), Italian dramatist and poet


Pulcinella

→ English: Punchinello

→ German: Pulcinell, Pulcinella

→ Spanish: pulchinela

Borrowed from Neapolitan Pulecenella or Puricinella, of uncertain origin, likely related to Latin pūlicem (“flea”, accusative singular of pūlex) or from Late Latin pullicēnus, pullicīnus, diminutive form of pullus (“chicken; young animal”). See pulcino. Compare Sicilian Puricineḍḍa.
Otherwise connected to the proper name Puccio d'Aniello, the name of Named after a peasant from Acerra made famous by an alleged portrait of Ludovico Carracci of which we know an engraving by Carlo Enrico di San Martino, with a face darkened by the countryside sun and a long nose, which gave life to the theatrical character of Pulcinella.

accusative singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">pūlex</i>

a character from the commedia dell'arte known for his loud and cunningly playful behavior, native of Naples


Renania-Palatinato

Rhineland-Palatinate (a state of Germany)


Rufo

a male given name, equivalent to English Rufus


Saladino

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاح الدِّين (ṣalāḥ ad-dīn).

bor+

صَلَاح الدِّين


Sapienza

Wisdom, Book of Wisdom (deuterocanonical book of the Bible)


Angelino

From Angelo (“a male given name”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).


Angelino

a surname transferred from the given name


Alghero

Unclear origin. Usually thought to derive from Medieval Latin Aleguerium (literally “stagnation of seaweed”) or Sardinian S'Alighèra, from aliga (“seaweed; rubbish”) + -era, but either way from Latin alga (“seaweed”), from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, slimy”).

bor

Alghero (a city and port town in Sardinia, Italy)


Abba

Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian writer and patriot

Marta Abba, Italian actress


Giglio

From Latin Igilium, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύλιον (Aigúlion).

it:Giglio (disambigua)
it:Isola del Giglio


Silla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla
w:Lucius Cornelius Sulla


Sofonia

der

Hebrew צְפַנְיָה


Sorrento

From Latin Surrentum, of uncertain origin.

Sorrento (a town in the province of Naples, Campania, Italy)


Tiresia

From Ancient Greek Τειρεσίας (Teiresías).


Gola

A topographic surname from gola (“ravine”) or a variant of Cola.


Abano Terme

From Aponus, an ancient venetian deity related to thermal waters.


Schio

Schio (a town in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)


Columbo

English: Columbo

Likely from or related to Latin columbus.


Montecristo

English: Montecristo

French: Montecristo

Isola di Montecristo
Isola di Montecristo#Italian

Ellipsis of Isola di Montecristo.; Montecristo (an island in Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea)


Scala

English: Scala

From the noun scala (“ladder”). Most prevalent in Campania and Liguria.


Bergoglio

A village in Piedmont, Italy near Alessandria


Alberigo

Alternative form of Alberico: a male given name, equivalent to English Aubrey


Barbariccia

From barba (“beard”) + riccia (“curly”), literally “Curly Beard”.

af

a fictional devil from Hell in the Divine Comedy


Beccheria

a surname from Lombard or Piedmontese, an alternative form of Beccaria


Beccaria

Borrowed from Lombard beccaria or Piedmontese becarìa, bëccarìa (“butchershop”). Cognate with English butchery, French boucherie, and Sicilian vuccirìa, among others. Doublet of beccheria and Vucciria.

(masculine only) Cesare Beccaria, 18th-century Italian criminologist and philosopher


Bianco

a male given name, feminine equivalent Bianca especially popular in Tuscany


Branca

From a nickname related to branca (“paw, claw, hand”).


Calcabrina

Verb-object compound, composed of calca (“stomp, trample”) + brina (“frost”), literally “Frost Stomper”.


Catalano

Italianized after Sicilian Catalanu, a surname derived from Sicilian catalanu (“related to Catalonia”). Compare catalano. Also see Catala.


Cianfa

(rare) a male given name, most notably that of Cianfa Donati


Corneto

A village in Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy, near Acquasanta Terme


Gaeta

→ English: Gaeta

→ French: Gaète, Gaëte

→ Greek: Γκαέτα (Gkaéta)

→ Sicilian: Gaeta

From Latin Caiēta, from the Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).

A coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy


Malacoda

From mala (“bad, evil”) + coda (“tail”), literally “Evil Tail”.

af

the leader of a fictional group of devils from Hell in the Divine Comedy


Mirra

Borrowed from Latin Myrrha, from Ancient Greek Μύρρα (Múrrha).

(Greek mythology) Myrrha, daughter of Cyniras and mother of Adonis


Niccola

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Nicholas


Palladio

Andrea Palladio, Italian architect


Pisano

the region surrounding the city of Pisa, Tuscany


Pratovecchio

From prato (“meadow”) + vecchio (“old, ancient”).


Sibilia

From a variant of the female personal name Sibilla.


Savena

a river that flows through Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna


Tosto

From tosto (“hard-boiled, tough”), a nickname for an obstinate person.


Merano

A town in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy near Bolzano


Roccella

Probably a habitational surname from any of various places in Italy called Roccella.


Anzio

A small coastal town in Lazio, Italy, site of a crucial Allied landing during World War II


Ariosto

Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet

The young countess touched her lute—it had no music; she gathered flowers—they had no sweetness; she turned to the fairy page of Ariosto—but she took no interest in his knights or dames; and at length the day was spent ere she had finished pacing the hall, and imagining all the possible and impossible dangers that could befall Carrara.

1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Forget Me Not 1833 (in English), Giulietta—A Tale of the Forteeenth Century:


Badoglio

Pietro Badoglio, Italian general and prime minister


Bandello

Matteo Bandello, Italian writer


Barletta

A small city in Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy


Berengario

a male given name, equivalent to English Berengar


Bobbio

A small town in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna


Boezio

Severino Boezio, Roman philosopher


Bracciano

a hilltop town in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy


Buscetta

Tommaso Buscetta, Italian mobster


Cabibbo

From Sicilian Cabbibbu, ultimately from Arabic حَبِيب (ḥabīb, “beloved, dear, darling”). Compare also English Habib.


Cadorna

Luigi Cadorna, Italian general


Campanella

Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and writer


Cancellara

a surname transferred from the place name


Cannizzaro

Italianized form of Sicilian Cannizzaru, from Sicilian cannizzaru (“related to somewhere or someone related to reeds or wattle”), from cannizzu (“wattle”), from canna. The town in the province of Catania was named after the surname, when a local family bought the place as a personal fief.

(historical)

A small town in Catania, Sicily, Aci Castello


Canova

Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor and painter


Caporetto

Ultimately from an assumed Latin *Caporētum, *Caprētum, possibly from caper (“goat”).


Caravaggio

The painter was named after his family's place of origin.


Caruso

Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor


Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto, Italian writer


Ciampino

A city in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy, the site of one of Rome's airports

it:Aeroporto di Roma-Ciampino
it:Ciampino


Cimarosa

Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer


Deledda

Borrowed from Sardinian Deledda, possibly from de Ledda (“from Ledda”), an ancient toponym in the area of Sassari nowadays disappeared, but still present as a surname.

Grazia Deledda (1871–1936), Italian writer


Doglio

A village in Perugia, Italy that was the scene of a battle between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines


Druso

a male given name, equivalent to Latin Drusus


Dulbecco

Renato Dulbecco, Italian biologist and doctor


Falloppio

Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist


Ficino

Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher, astrologer etc.


Fieramosca

Ettore Fieramosca
w:it:Ettore Fieramosca

an ancient Italian family, most noted for Ettore Fieramosca


Gianmaria

Gian (shortened form of Giovanni (“John”)) + Maria (“Mary”, also used as a male name in compounds). Cognate with French Jean-Marie.

compound

shortened form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Giovanni</i> (“John”)


Giornico

A small town in Ticino canton, Switzerland


Gravina

Uncertain. Possibly from a diminutive of Medieval Latin grava, probably passing through a Occitan/Norman stratum, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grāwā (“gravel, pebbles”).
Its use is mainly as an habitational surname, derived from several homonymous toponyms in Italy (cfr. Gravina di Catania, Gravina in Puglia).

Gravina di Catania
Gravina in Puglia
it:Gravina


Lando

Reduced from any names of Germanic origin containing the element *land (“land, territory”).


Lando

a surname transferred from the given name


Larderello

A village in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, near Pomarance


Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer


Locarno

Locarno (a town and municipality of Ticino canton, Switzerland)


Lollobrigida

English: Lollobrigida

French: Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress (and sex symbol)


Lombardo

Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese surname, from the noun lombardo (“Lombard”).


Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso, Italian anthropologist


Luria

Salvatore Luria, Italian microbiologist, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Medicine


Magadino

A small town near Gambarogno in Ticino canton, Switzerland


Manfredo

From the Proto-Germanic elements *mann- (“man, human being”) and *friþuz (“peace”).

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Manfred


Mannoia

Fiorella Mannoia, Italian singer


Mantegazza

Diminutive of mantega, from Latin mantica.


Marenzio

Luca Marenzio, Italian composer


Modugno

Domenico Modugno, Italian singer


Pagliaro

Occupational surname for someone who gathered or used straw, from paglia (“straw”) + -aro.


Palumbo

English: Palumbo


Peano

Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician


Pellico

Silvio Pellico, Italian writer


Poschiavo

A village in Grigioni canton, Switzerland


Rubbia

Carlo Rubbia, Italian physician, winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics


Sanremo

From a contraction of Sant'Eremo (“Holy Hermitage”), through Ligurian San Reumo, Sanreumo. Mistaken in the past as deriving from the name of an elusive saint, san Remo, and therefore misspelled San Remo.

A town and comune of the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy

(by extension, music) the Sanremo Music Festival, annually held in this town


Satta

Melissa Satta, Italian showgirl


Spoleto

From Late Latin Spōlētum, a form of Latin Spōlētium.


Tartaglia

From tartaglia, inflection of tartagliare (“to stutter”).

a stock character in the Commedia dell'arte


Tedesco

Ethnic surname, from tedesco (“German”).


Telesio

Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and naturalist


Tiepolo

Giambattista Tiepolo, famous Italian painter


Torlonia

Borrowed from French Tourlonias, itself from Occitan.

quote-journal

2024 August 1, Pierre Barthélémy, “La fabuleuse collection Torlonia prend ses quartiers au Louvre”, in Le Monde, →ISSN:
Il était une fois un jeune Auvergnat prénommé Marin qui, comme dans les contes de fées, partit de presque rien pour finir riche et fonder une dynastie de princes, sans même avoir besoin pour cela d’un chat botté. Né en 1725 dans un village du Puy-de-Dôme, il arrive à Rome un quart de siècle plus tard, s’y établit comme drapier, puis comme prêteur sur gages. Et, dans cette Italie qui l’adopte, Marin Tourlonias se mue en Marino Torlonia.
(please add an English translation of this quotation)

a surname from French [in turn from Occitan]


Verga

From verga (“crook”), possibly in reference to the job of a shepherd.

Giovanni Verga (1840–1922), Italian writer


Verscio

A small town in Locarno district, Switzerland


Vogorno

A village in Locarno district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Voltaggio

A village in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy


Volterra

From Latin Volaterrae, from Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌉 (velaθri).


Zanazzo

Giggi Zanazzo, Italian poet etc.


Zarlino

Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer


Bedretto

A village in Leventina district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Bioggio

A small town in Lugano district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Blenio

A small town and district of Ticino canton, Switzerland


Brissago

A small town in Locarno district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Carlino

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

A small town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia


Castagnola

From castagna (“chestnut”) + -ola (diminutive suffix).

af

any of several villages throughout Italy


Cattaneo

From Late Latin capitāneus (“captain”), from caput (“head”).

Cattanei (alternative)
Cattani (alternative)

(chiefly northern Italy, central Italy) a surname


Cevio

A small town in Vallemaggia district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Faido

A small town in Leventina district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Gerosa

a surname transferred from the place name


Giubiasco

A small town in Bellinzona district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Muggio

A village in Mendrisio district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Ossola

A valley in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy


Tasso

Torquato Tasso, Italian writer


Eco

Umberto Eco, Italian writer and phylosopher


Nigro

Variant of Negro; otherwise italianization of the surname Nìguru, from Sicilian nìguru (“black”).


Sappada

Of uncertain origin, possibly related to Zepodn, a name for the alpine pass of Cima Sappada, from German zum Boden (“(down) to the ground”), referring to the land's elevation.

unk

uncertain


Bagnolo in Piano

A small town in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna


Avezzano

Via Neapolitan, most likely from Latin Avidiānum, less likely from Latin ad + Vettiānum.

A town and comune of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy


Murano

From the Roman name, Latin Amurianum, a port of Altinum.


Apecchio

A town in Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy


Bormio

A small town in Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy


Castelsardo

A small town in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy


Fabriano

A widespread folk etymology also represented in the town's coat of arms, derives it from Latin faber in Iānō, literally, “ironsmith on the Giano”, the town's river. Fabriano used to be famous for its quality ironsmithing during the Middle Ages.


Legnano

From the Latin proper name Lemennius or Limenius + the suffix -ānum.


Oderzo

From Latin Opitergium, borrowed through Venetan.


Soresina

A small town in Cremona, Lombardy, Italy


Bronzolo

A small town in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige


Rovigno

Ultimately from Latin Arupinum (later Ruvinium, Ruginium, also Mons Rubineus); compare Istriot Ruveîgno, Serbo-Croatian Rovinj.


Guadiana

Borrowed from Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).

Guadiana (a river in Spain and Portugal)


Lillo

Short form of various surnames such as Paolillo.


Luneburgo

Lüneburg (a town, the capital of Lüneburg district, Lower Saxony, Germany)


Russo

From the Sicilian surname Russu, from russu (“redhead”). Doublet of Italian Rossi.

a surname; the second most popular surname in Italy


Coppola

Borrowed from Sicilian còppula (“coppola cap”), a metonymic occupational surname for a hatter.


Montalto

From monte (“mountain”) + alto (“high”).

Montalto delle Marche
w:it:Montalto delle Marche

Montalto di Castro
w:it:Montalto di Castro


Sturla

the name of two rivers that flow in Liguria


Patella

From patella (“limpet”), hence either a metonymic occupational surname for someone who collected shell fish, or a nickname for a tenacious or withdrawn person.


Durazzo

From Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). Presumably borrowed through Venetan.


Carlomagno

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nl

Alternative form of Carlo Magno: Charlemagne


Coco

From the Sicilian surname Cocu, from Sicilian cocu (“cook”).


Alvino

From a variant of the personal name Albino.


Aristarco

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarkhos).

bor+

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Aristarchus


Quarto

the letter Q in the Italian spelling alphabet


Cafarnao

From Late Latin Capharnaum, from Ancient Greek Καπερναούμ (Kapernaoúm), from Biblical Hebrew כְּפַר נַחוּם (Kfar Nahum).

uder

כְּפַר נַחוּם

Capernaum, the biblical town in Galilee, archaeological site


Gonzaga

→ English: Gonzaga

→ Spanish: Gonzaga

→ English: Gonzaga

→ Portuguese: Gonzaga

→ Cebuano: Gonzaga

→ English: Gonzaga

→ Tagalog: Gonzaga

→ English: Gonzaga

→ Portuguese: Gonzaga

→ English: Gonzaga

a habitational surname, named for the town


Cerrito

Topographic surname, from Sicilian cirritu (“Turkey oak grove”); compare cerreto.


Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta, Italian scholar and explorer


Piccolo

A nickname from piccolo (“small, little”).


Nazianzo

Borrowed from Late Latin Nazianzus, from Ancient Greek Ναζιανζός (Nazianzós).

(historical) Nazianzus (an ancient town in Cappadocia, in modern Turkey; modern Nenezigözü)


Fo

winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature


Gadda

Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian writer


Galiazzo

A variant of the personal name Galeazzo.


Errigo

Arianna Errigo, Italian fencer


Balla

Originally a nickname meaning "rascal," from balosso (“dumb, stupid, harebrained”).

Giacomo Balla, Italian painter


Santoro

From Latin (fēstum omnium) sānctōrum (“All Saints Day, feast of all saints”)


Bixio

Ligurian bixio (“gray, grey”), now spelled bixo, probably from Vulgar Latin *bysseus, from Latin byssus (“linen”). Compare variants adapted in pronunciation, such as Bisio. Doublet of bigio.

Nino Bixio (1821–1873), Italian patriot


Scalfaro

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian politician and ninth President of Italy


Napolitano

A habitational surname from Neapolitan napulitano (“Neapolitan”).


Mattarella

Sergio Mattarella, Italian politician and twelfth President of Italy


Mantegna

Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter


Guariento

Guariento di Arpo, Italian painter


Boito

Arrigo Boito, Italian writer


Littizzetto

Luciana Littizzetto, Italian comedy actress


Parmitano

Luca Parmitano, Italian astronaut


Majorana

Ettore Majorana, Italian physicist


Pontecorvo

Morphologically from ponte (“bridge”) + corvo (“crow”), but the second element is just a corruption of the original word curvo (“curved, bent”).

a surname transferred from the place name


Ovadia

From Hebrew עובדיה (“servant of Yahweh”).

Moni Ovadia, Italian actor, writer and theatrical author


Modiano

Sami Modiano, Italian writer


Greggio

Ezio Greggio, Italian anchorman and comedian


Moneta

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian journalist and patriot


Natta

Giulio Natta, Italian chemist


Collina

Pierluigi Collina, Italian football/soccer referee


Mennea

Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete


D'Inzeo

Raimondo D'Inzeo, Italian athlete


Cagnotto

Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver


Serao

Matilde Serao, Italian writer


Capuana

Luigi Capuana, Italian writer


Gozzano

Guido Gozzano, Italian poet


Depero

Fortunato Depero, Italian painter and sculptor


Altamura

From alta ("high") + mura ("city walls").


Manfredonia

From Manfredi (“a male given name”) + -onia (suffix forming place names), after Manfred, King of Sicily who founded the city in 1256 after the distruction of Sipontum.


Collegno

From Piedmontese Colègn, from Latin collēgium (“corporation, company”). Doublet of collegio, a borrowing from Latin.


Modica

Borrowed from Sicilian Mòdica, from Latin Motyca.


Agogna

a river that flows in Piedmont and Lombardy


Naro

Disputed. Theorized origins include:
* Ancient Greek ναρόν (narón, “current”)
* Ancient Greek νηρόν (nērón) / νερόν (nerón), both meaning "water"
* Arabic نَهَر (nahar, “river”)


Imera

From Latin Himera, from Ancient Greek Ἱμέρα (Himéra).


Letta

Enrico Letta, Italian politician


Bonino

Emma Bonino, Italian politician


Poerio

Alessandro Poerio, Italian patriot and poet


Sauro

Nazario Sauro, Italian patriot


Salata

Francesco Salata, Italian politician


Rismondo

Francesco Rismondo, Italian patriot


Zermagna

The river Zrmanja that flows in Croatia.


Fogazzaro

Antonio Fogazzaro, Italian writer


D'Acquisto

Salvo D'Acquisto, Italian policeman and martyr


Vergerio

Perhaps originally a patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Virgilio.


Carpaccio

Vittore Carpaccio, Italian painter


Santorio

Santorio Santorio, Italian physiologist


Ferragamo

Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian designer


Gabbana

Stefano Gabbana, Italian designer


Moschino

Franco Moschino, Italian designer


Prada

Miuccia Prada, Italian designer


Boaga

Giovanni Boaga, Italian mathematician


Desio

Ardito Desio, Italian explorer


Impastato

→ English: Impastato

Borrowed from Sicilian mpastatu (“kneaded”), probably used as a nickname.


Salandra

Antonio Salandra, Italian politician


La Malfa

Ugo La Malfa, Italian politician


Abatantuono

Diego Abatantuono, Italian actor


Bongiorno

Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host


La Pira

Giorgio La Pira, Italian politician


Vianello

Raimondo Vianello, Italian actor and television host


Argirocastro

From Byzantine Greek Αργυρόκαστρο (Argurókastro).

der

Αργυρόκαστρο


Procida

From Latin Prochyta, from Ancient Greek Προχύτη (Prokhútē).


Loreto

A town in Ancona, Marche, Italy, famous for its sanctuary


Mera

a river that flows in Switzerland and Lombardy


Boiana

the river Bojana that flows between Albania and Montenegro


Gullotta

Leo Gullotta, Italian actor


Tommaseo

Niccolò Tommaseo, Italian linguist and writer


Luxardo

Franco Luxardo, Italian entrepreneur


Piombino

Probably from Latin Populinum, diminutive form of Populonia, the near Etruscan city.


Scarpanto

From Ancient Greek Κάρπαθος (Kárpathos).


Panatta

Adriano Panatta, Italian tennist player


Pennetta

Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennist player


Castelrosso

From castello (“castle”) + rosso (“red”), “red castle”. Compare Catalan Castellroig, Greek Καστελλόριζο (Kastellórizo) and Piedmontese Castelross.

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Καστελλόριζο

Kastellorizo, Castellorizo (an island in Greece)

A village and frazione of Chivasso, Piedmont


Dobbiaco

A town in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy


Infantino

From Infante (“a surname”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).


Strona

name of various rivers, which flow in Piedmont


Noto

Borrowed from Sicilian Notu, from Latin Nētum, from Ancient Greek Νέητον (Néēton).


Gornalunga

Italianized after Sicilian Gurnalonga, from gurna (small body of water) + longa (long).


Tarvisio

Tarvisio (a town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)


Voghera

From Latin Vicus Iriae, from the previous name Iria. Borrowed via Lombard.


Dakota del Sud

South Dakota (a state of the United States)


Dakota del Nord

North Dakota (a state of the United States)


Lovanio

Louvain (the capital city of the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium)


Chio

English: Chio

Chios (an island in Greece, in the eastern Aegean Sea)


Costa

English: Costa


Zacinto

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζάκυνθος (Zákunthos).

bor+

(obsolete) Zakynthos (an island in Greece)


Campanellino

From campanellino (“bell, small bell”), as an almost literal translation of English Tinkerbell.


Magdeburgo

Magdeburg (the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)


Raperonzolo

From raperonzolo (“rampion”), as a translation of German Rapunzel.


Portoferraio

→ Armenian: Պորտոֆերաիո (Portoferaio)

desc

По̀ртафера́ё

→ Belarusian: По̀ртафера́ё (Pòrtafjerájo)

→ Bulgarian: Портоферайо (Portoferajo)

→ English: Portoferraio, Porto Ferraio, Porto Ferrajo

→ French: Portoferraio

→ Japanese: ポルトフェッラーイオ (Porutoferrāio)

→ Korean: 포르토페라이오 (Poreutoperaio)

→ Latin: Portus Ferrārius (New Latin)

zh-l

費拉約港／费拉约港 (Fèilāyuē Gǎng)

→ Mandarin: 費拉約港／费拉约港 (Fèilāyuē Gǎng) (partial calque)

→ Persian: پورتوفرایو (portoferâyo)

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По̀ртоферра́йо

→ Russian: По̀ртоферра́йо (Pòrtoferrájo)

→ Sicilian: Portufirraiu

По̀ртоферра́йо

→ Ukrainian: По̀ртоферра́йо (Pòrtoferrájo)

From porto (“harbour/harbor”) + ferraio (“that works iron”), literally “iron-working harbour/harbor”, after the numerous ironworks historically present in its territory.

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Portoferraio (a city and harbour in Elba, Italy)


Olinto

From Latin Olynthus, from Ancient Greek Ὄλυνθος (Ólunthos).

Olynthus (an ancient city in Chalcidice, modern Chalkidiki, Greece)


Aliarto

From Latin Haliartus, from Ancient Greek Ἁλίαρτος (Halíartos).


Carnera

Primo Carnera, Italian boxer


Amorgo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμοργός (Amorgós).


Deino

(Greek mythology) Deino, one of the Graeae


Enio

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐνυώ (Enuṓ).

(Greek mythology) Enyo, one of the Graeae


Penfredo

From Ancient Greek Πεμφρεδώ (Pemphredṓ).

(Greek mythology) Pemphredo, one of the Graeae


Somma

Habitational surname, from the town of Somma Vesuviana.


Roero

Possibly a Piedmontese derivation (see Roé) from Latin rota (“wheel”), whence also Piedmontese roa and Italian ruota.


Roero

(with the article) An area in Piedmont, Italy, taking its name after the family who ruled it


Priverno

From Latin Prīvernum. Doublet of Piperno, the old name of the town.


Farfa

From Latin Farfarus, another name of the river Fabaris.


Lebedo

From Latin Lebedus, from Ancient Greek Λέβεδος (Lébedos).


Gorgia

Via Latin Gorgiās from Ancient Greek Γοργίᾱς (Gorgíās).


Basiluzzo

one of the Lipari Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea


Sedecia

From Hebrew צִדְקִיָּהוּ.

der

צִדְקִיָּהוּ

Hebrew צִדְקִיָּהוּ


Dardano

From Latin Dardanus, from Ancient Greek Δάρδανος (Dárdanos).


Gianduja

Borrowed from Piedmontese Giandoja, a shortened form for Gioann dla doja (literally “John-o'-the-jug”); akin to Giovanni + de + la + doja (“tankard, beer mug”).

a stock character from the commedia dell'arte depicted as a jovial, wine-drinking peasant from Piedmont, somewhat similar to a Toby jug


Limentra

the name of two rivers that flow in Emilia-Romagna


Pinna

From Latin pinna (“fin; mountain top”). This surname is typically Sardinian.


Σαχαλίτης κόλπος

grc-proper noun

Σαχαλῑ́της κόλπος

Σαχαλῑ́του κόλπου

Σαχαλῑ́της κόλπος • (Sakhalī́tēs kólpos) m (genitive Σαχαλῑ́του κόλπου, variously declined); first declension, second declension

Σαχαλῑ́της κόλπος (canonical)
Sakhalī́tēs kólpos (romanization)
Σαχαλῑ́του κόλπου (genitive)
genitive Σαχαλῑ́του κόλπου (romanization)
variously declined (romanization)
ὁ Σαχαλῑ́της (nominative singular)
τοῦ Σαχαλῑ́του (genitive singular)
τῷ Σαχαλῑ́τῃ (dative singular)
τὸν Σαχαλῑ́την (accusative singular)
Σαχαλῖτᾰ (singular vocative)
ὁ κόλπος (nominative singular)
τοῦ κόλπου (genitive singular)
τῷ κόλπῳ (dative singular)
τὸν κόλπον (accusative singular)
κόλπε (singular vocative)

Latin: Sachalitēs sinus (calque)

a bay on the southern coast of Arabia Felix, now Khuriya Muriya Bay in Oman


Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαίμων

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱς Εὐδαίμονος

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαίμων • (Ărăbĭ́ā Eudaímōn) f (genitive Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱς Εὐδαίμονος, variously declined); first declension, third declension

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαίμων (canonical)
Ărăbĭ́ā Eudaímōn (romanization)
Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱς Εὐδαίμονος (genitive)
genitive Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱς Εὐδαίμονος (romanization)
variously declined (romanization)
ἡ Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαίμων (nominative singular)
τῆς Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱς Εὐδαίμονος (genitive singular)
τῇ Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾳ Εὐδαίμονῐ (dative singular)
τὴν Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱν Εὐδαίμονᾰ (accusative singular)
Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαῖμον (singular vocative)

grc-decl

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαίμων

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱς Εὐδαίμονος

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾳ Εὐδαίμονῐ

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱν Εὐδαίμονᾰ

Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαῖμον

405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 16

36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 3.46

64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 1.2.32

64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 16.3.1

64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 16.3.6

Marcian., Peripl. 26

Marcian., Peripl. 57


Nicia

From Latin Nīcias, from Ancient Greek Νικίας (Nikías).


Assoro

From Latin Assōrus, from Ancient Greek Ἄσσωρος (Ássōros).


Gualdo Tadino

From gualdo (“wood, forest”) and Latin Tadinum.


Brescello

Reggio nell'Emilia
Reggio nell'Emilia#English

A town in Reggio nell'Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Rizzo

English: Rizzo

From of a variant of riccio (“curly-haired”).


Palazzo

From palazzo (“palace”), from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome.


Zito

A nickname, from zito (“bachelor, unmarried boy”).


Pito

From Latin Pȳthō, from Ancient Greek Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ).


Anguissola

Sofonisba Anguissola, an Italian paintress


Treglia

From treglia, Southern Italian variant of triglia (“mullet, goatfish”), probably a nickname.


Zacchia

From a corrupted form of a personal name like Ezechia or Zaccaria.

a surname transferred from the given name


Ventura

French: Ventura


Perpignano

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

Perpignan (a city in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)


Bosio

Ferdinando Bosio, Italian patriot


Mancuso

From Arabic مَنْحُوس (manḥūs, “unlucky, unfortunate”).


Morabito

From Arabic مُرَابِط (murābiṭ, “soldier stationed in fortified outpost”).


Epaminonda

From Ancient Greek Ἐπαμεινώνδας (Epameinṓndas).

uder

Ἐπαμεινώνδας


Rao

Borrowed from Sicilian Rau, variant of dragu (“monster”), from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn).


Toscano

From toscano (“Tuscan”), an ethnic surname.


Testa

From testa (“head”), hence a nickname for an exceptionally clever person or for a person with a remarkably large head.


Pagano

From Sicilian Paganu, a surname derived from paganu.

Paiano (alternative)
Pajano (alternative)
Pavano (alternative)
Pavan (alternative)


Lovato

Borrowed from Gallo-Italic, from Medieval Latin Lupātus, from the Latin cognomen Lupus (whence also Italian Lupo) + -ātus.

suffix

whence also Italian <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Lupo</i>

Lovati (alternative)
Lupato (alternative)


Fazio

From a shortened form of the personal name Bonifacio.


Rubino

From rubino (“ruby”), a nickname for a dear or precious person.


Grimaldo

From Lombardic Grîmuald, Grîmwald, Grîmoald.


Gambino

From gamba (“leg”) + -ino (diminutive suffix), a nickname for someone with small legs.


Garofalo

From Italian garofalo, garofolo, a regional variant of garofano (“carnation, clove pink”).


Sorrentino

From sorrentino (“Sorrentine”), ultimately from Latin Surrentum (“Sorrento”).


Corso

From a short form of Accorso or Bonaccorso.


Larocca

From la (“the”) + rocca (“fortress, rock”).


Cosentino

From cosentino (“of or from Cosenza”), a city in Calabria.


Santangelo

Habitational surname from any of various places called Sant'Angelo.


Sanfilippo

Habitational surname, from any of various places called San Filippo.


Motta

Topographic surname, from motta (“fortified stronghold”).


Riccio

A surname given to someone with curly hair, from riccio (“curly”)


Fiorentino

From fiorentino (“Florentine”), a surname given to someone from Florence.


Giardina

From the Italianization of the Sicilian Jardina, from the plural of jardinu (“garden, vegetable garden”).


Lupia

Probably from the place Lupia in Scigliano of the Cosenza province. Also possibly from Greek Λουπιαί (Loupiaí), the Greek name name for Lecce, which is from Latin Lupiae.


Cavallaro

From cavallaro, variant of cavallaio (“hostler”).


Bova

A town in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Siciliano

→ English: Siciliano


Orcomeno

From Latin Orchomenus, from Ancient Greek Ὀρχομενός (Orkhomenós).


Palazzolo

From Late Latin Palatiolum, from palatium (“a palace; large residence”) + -olum (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, palazzo + -olo. Cognate with Friulian Palaçûl e Palassôl, Lombard Palasöl, Piedmontese Palasseu, Romagnol Palazôl, Sicilian Palazzolu.

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Palizzolo (alternative)
Palazzuolo (alternative)

Palazzolo sull'Oglio
Palazzolo sull'Oglio

Palazzolo dello Stella
Palazzolo dello Stella

Palazzolo Vercellese
Palazzolo Vercellese

(toponym) Several places in Italy. The major are: Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Palazzolo dello Stella, Palazzolo Vercellese.

A town in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy: Palazzolo Acreide.


Pecoraro

Occupational surname, from pecoraro (“shepherd”).


Capobianco

From capo + bianco.
* (surname): From the nickname for a white-haired person

Isola di Capo Rizzuto
Isola di Capo Rizzuto#English

Capobianco (a village in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, Calabria, Italy)


Capobianco

English: Capobianco


Cardillo

Traditionally derived from Sicilian cardillu (“goldfinch”), which can be found in the family's coat of arms, but more probably a reduced hypocoristic form of the personal name Riccardo.


Molinaro

English: Molinaro


Carriera

Rosalba Carriera, Italian paintress


Guarana

Jacopo Guarana, Italian painter


Peranda

Sante Peranda, Italian painter


Gemito

Vincenzo Gemito, Italian sculptor


Petrella

From any of the various places in Italy called Petrella.


Todaro

From a variant of the personal name Teodoro.


Guerriero

Occupational surname from guerriero (“warrior”).


Cammarata

Borrowed from Sicilian Cammarata, from Byzantine Greek καμάρα (kamára, “span”) + -ata. Compare Sicilian Camerina.


Salvo

From a personal name derived from Latin salvus (“safe”).


Festa

Probably from the noun festa, but also seen in Medieval compounds such as Cattafesta, Carafesta.


Granata

From granata (“pomegranate”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of this fruit, or a nickname for someone with red hair or red complexion.


Mastrangelo

English: Mastrangelo


Cuomo

English: Cuomo


Colonna

English: Colonna

French: Colonna


Candela

From candela (“candle”), a metonymic occupational surname for a chandler.


Cannella

From cannella (“cinnamon”), a metonymic occupational surname for a spice merchant.


Rizzuto

→ English: Rizzuto

→ French: Rizzuto

Borrowed from Sicilian Ruzzutu, from Sicilian rizzutu (“curly-haired”), from rizzu (“curl, lock”) + -utu (“-ed”). Compare riccioluto.


Renda

From a derivative of Latin Laurentius (compare Lawrence). Also from a feminine form of Rando.


Gullo

Guddo (alternative)
Oddo (alternative)
Uddo (alternative)


Sciortino

→ English: Sciortino

Borrowed from Sicilian, itself from Arabic شُرْطِيّ (šurṭiyy, “policeman”).


Nicastro

From Medieval Latin Neocastrum (“new camp”), from Byzantine Greek Νεόκαστρον (Neókastron, “new castle”), a compound of νέος (néos, “new”) + κάστρον (kástron, “fort, castle”).

der

a surname transferred from the place name


Riggio

Variant of Reggio, a habitational surname.


Procopio

Borrowed from Latin Procopius, from Ancient Greek Προκόπιος (Prokópios).


Coniglio

From coniglio (“rabbit”), either a nickname for a timid person, or an occupational surname for a dealer in rabbits.


Piccirillo

From Neapolitan piccerillo (“small, little”).


Baratta

Occupational surname for a market trader, from the verb barattare (“to barter”).


Iacono

From Sicilian jacunu (“deacon”). Compare diacono.


Mollica

From mollica (“crumb; soft part of the bread”), perhaps a nickname for a small or soft-hearted person.


Spada

From spada (“sword”), either a metonymic occupational surname for a sword-maker or a nickname for someone who used to always carry a sword.


Guzzo

Translingual: Guzzo

English: Guzzo

French: Guzzo

Portuguese: Guzzo


Bommarito

A nickname, from buon (“good”) + marito (“husband”).


Asaro

Habitational surname from a corrupted form of Assoro, a town in Sicily.


Traina

Habitational surname Italianized after Sicilian Trajina, the Sicilian endonym of the homonymous town. Doublet of Troina.


Failla

Borrowed from the Sicilian surname Faviḍḍa/Faiḍḍa, a surname derived from faviḍḍa (“spark”), ultimately from Latin favilla.


Spadaro

Italinized and sonorized variant of Sicilian Spataru, from Sicilian spataru (“sword-maker”). Cfr. spadaio. Doublet of Spataro.


Curto

Borrowed from Neapolitan curto (“short”), a nickname for a short person.

bor+

a surname from Neapolitan [in turn transferred from the nickname]


Bonfiglio

From bono (“good”) + figlio (“child, son”).


Gallina

From gallina (“hen”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for someone who had a henhouse.


Culotta

From a diminutive form of Cola, itself a reduced form of the personal name Nicola.


Gaudio

Nickname for a cheerful person, from gaudio (“joy, happiness”).


Trovato

From trovato (“found”), a nickname given to foundlings.


Salvaggio

Borrowed from Sicilian Sarbaggiu. Doublet of Selvaggio.


Triolo

Borrowed from Sicilian trìvulu (“obstacle, pain, suffering, tribulation”).


Mirabella

Habitational surname from the towns of Mirabella Eclano and Mirabella Imbaccari.

Mirabella Eclano
Mirabella Imbaccari
it:Mirabella


Notaro

Occupational surname, from Latin notārius (“notary”). Compare notaio (“notary”).


Spataro

Italinized variant of Sicilian Spataru, from Sicilian spataru (“sword-maker”). Cfr. spadaio. Doublet of Spadaro.

a surname from Sicilian [in turn from Occupations]


Buffa

From Sicilian buffa (“toad”), a nickname.


Chirico

From an alternative form of the personal name Ciriaco.


Corrao

Italianized after the Sicilian name Currau (“Conrad”). Compare Corrado.


Passalacqua

Univerbation of passa + l' + acqua, literally “pass the water”.


Laguardia

English: Laguardia

La Guardia (alternative)
la Guardia (alternative)
Guardia (alternative)
della Guardia (alternative)
Della Guardia (alternative)


Nuccio

From a short form of various Italian personal names, like Antonio, Giovanni or Stefano + the suffix -uccio.


Caracciolo

From Arabic خَرَاج (ḵarāj, “tax, tribute”).


Vitello

From a pet form of the personal name Vito.


Mondello

Borrowed from Sicilian Munneḍḍu, from munneḍḍu (“wooden container”), possibly from a diminutive based on Latin mundus. Compare Sicilian munnari.


Gennaro

a male given name from Latin, typical of Naples


Iovino

From Old Italian iovine and/or Sicilian jùvini, ultimately from Latin iuvenis. Doublet of Iovine.


Spadafora

From Sicilian Spatafora, from spata (“sword”) + fora (“outside”)


Riva

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a shore, from riva (“shore”).


Bivona

Allegedly from "bis bona", compare earlier forms Bibona and Bisbona.


Vicario

Occupational surname from vicario (“vicar”).


Cordaro

From cordaro, variant of cordaio (“rope-maker”).


Granato

English: Granato

French: Granato


Italiano

From italiano (“Italian”), an ethnic surname which probably originated in an area where Italians were a minority.


Rutigliano

Praedial toponym, from Latin Rutilius + -ānus.


Lauricella

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Laura.


Mesina

From Sardinian mesina (“keg, small barrel”), probably a nickname.


Vinciguerra

Verb-object compound, composed of vinci (“win”) + guerra (“war”).


Siragusa

Borrowed from Sicilian Saragusa (“Syracuse”).


Belcastro

From bel (“beautiful”) + castro (“castle”).


Calcaterra

From calcare (“to stomp”) + terra (“ground”).


Maiorana

From Sicilian maiurana (“marjoram”); compare Italian maggiorana.


Isola

From isola (“island”), a topographic surname for someone who lived on an island.


Leggio

From Sicilian leggiu (“light, not heavy”), a nickname for a superficial or irresponsible person.


Conigliaro

From coniglio (“rabbit”) + -aro, meaning "breeder of rabbits".


Crocco

From crocco (“hook”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of hooks.


Burgio

From Arabic بُرْج (burj, “tower”) + -io.


Scolaro

Occupational surname, from scolaro (“scholar”).


Orofino

From oro (“gold”) + fino (“thin, fine”).


Apicella

From a diminutive form of ape (“bee”), probably applied as a nickname for an industrious person or for a beekeeper.


Selva

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood, from selva (“wood”).


Bontempo

From buon (“good”) + tempo (“time; weather”).


Rega

→ English: Rega


Savastano

Southern variant of the personal name Sebastiano.


Saitta

Sicilian Sajitta, from sajitta (“arrow”), from sagitta.


Gonnella

From gonnella (“skirt”), probably a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or seller of skirts.


Barbagallo

From barba (“beard”) + gallo (“cock, rooster”), perhaps a nickname for someone with a dewlap.


Spinosa

From the feminine form of spinoso (“thorny”), probably used as a nickname.


Falvo

English: Falvo


D'Angelo

Patronymic from the personal name Angelo.


Saputo

From saputo (“known”), nickname for a wise man.


Ciaramitaro

From the Sicilian surname Ciaramidaru, from ciaramidaru (“one who makes the roof tiles”).

a surname from Sicilian [in turn originating as an occupation]


Privitera

From the Sicilian surname Privitera, a surname derived from privitera (“priestess”). Compare also Sicilian Prèviti (“priest”).


Sardo

Ethnic surname, from sardo (“Sardinian”).


Meo

From a short form of the personal name Bartolomeo, Romeo or Tolomeo.


Collura

Italianization of the Sicilian surname Cuḍḍura, from cuḍḍura, from Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).


Mantia

Habitational surname from a shortened form of Amantia, variant of Amantea (“a town in Calabria”).


Mogavero

From Arabic مُحَارِب (muḥārib, “warrior”). Cognate with Sicilian Mugaviru.


Badolato

Probably from Latin vadum (“ford”) + latus (“broad”).


Spatola

English: Spatola


Caiazzo

Possibly from an unattested intermediate form Vulgar Latin *Caiatium, ultimately from Latin Caiatia. Maybe related to the nearby settlement of Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).


Sparacio

From the Sicilian surname Spàraciu, from spàraciu (“asparagus”).


Frigo

From a short form of the personal name Federico.


Scavo

From Old Sicilian scavu (“slave, bondsman”); compare schiavo (“slave”).


Strigonio

(obsolete) Alternative form of Esztergom


Ficarra

From Calabrian ficarra (“fig tree”). Compare Italian fico (“fig”).


Campanaro

Occupational surname for a bell-ringer, from campanaro (“bell-ringer”).


Parrinello

Italianization of the surname Parrineḍḍu, diminutive of parrineḍḍu, derived from Sicilian parrinu.


Paolillo

From a hypocoristic form of the given name Paolo (“Paul”).


Cappuccio

From cappuccio (“hood, cowl”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of hoods.


Bellavia

From bella (“beautiful”) + via (“road, street, way”).


Sperandio

From sperare (“to hope”) + in + Dio (“God”). Cognate with French Espérandieu.


Norbiato

a surname from Venetan, typical of Veneto


Abbatiello

From Abbate (surname) + -ello (diminutive suffix).


Cerigo

→ Greek: Τσιρίγο (Tsirígo)

From Latin Cedrigum, from Cethericum, from Ancient Greek Κύθηρα n pl (Kúthēra).

Kythira (also Cythera, Kythera or Kithira)


Vitagliano

From a variant of the personal name Vitaliano.


Cafiero

From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “disbeliever, unbeliever”).


Reitano

Borrowed from Sicilian Rijitanu. Compare Italian reggiano and reggino.


Mazzara

Habitational surname from the Sicilian city of Mazara del Vallo.


Ingenito

From ingenito (“innate, inborn”), perhaps a nickname for a foundling.


Arcaro

Occupational surname from arcaro (“person who makes arks, caskets, or boxes”).


Arca

From the noun arca (“ark, chest, storehouse”).


Giarratano

Habitational surname for someone from Giarre, in Sicily.


Funaro

From funaro, variant of funaio (“ropemaker”).


Zingaro

From zingaro (“Gypsy/Roma”), an ethnic surname.


Padovano

From padovano (“of or from the city of Padua”).


Contardo

From the Proto-Germanic elements *gunþiz (“battle”) and *harduz (“hard, brave”).


Laiazzo

Ajazzo (alternative)
Lajazzo (alternative)

(historical) Former name of Yumurtalik, a port town in southeastern Turkey


Maranello

English: Maranello

Maranello (a small town in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy); it is the home of the Ferrari racing car/race car factory and museum


Altedo

a village near Bologna in Emilia-Romagna


Pacomio

From Latin Pachōmius, from Ancient Greek Παχώμιος (Pakhṓmios), from Coptic ⲁϧⲱⲙ (axōm).


Mattatia

From the Latin Mattathiās, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱς (Măttăthĭ́ās), from the Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū).

מַתִּתְיָהוּ

Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū)


Novella

From novella, feminine form of novello (“new, early”).


Pininfarina

English: Pininfarina


Saragolla

Questo settantatreenne agricoltore di Torano - da tre lustri specializzato nella lavorazione del farro rosso - è l’anima di un piccolo gruppo di coltivatori che - dalle colline sull’Adriatico fino alla Fortezza di Civitella - ha riportato alla luce un cereale dimenticato per secoli: il grano Saragolla.

2004 July 11, “E a Torano la pasta con l’archeo-grano”, in Corriere della Sera:

Si prova una certa emozione nel vedere distese intere di grani Duro Lucano, Saragolla, Senatore Cappelli, dalle spighe alte più di una persona, con i quali si potranno ottenere paste e farine vere.

2007, Gino Girolomoni, Maccheroni acqua e farina. 90 ricette di una rinnovata cultura alimentare, Editoriale Jaca Book, →ISBN, page 131:

(agriculture) a hard wheat variety similar to kamut, Triticum turanicum subsp. polonicum


Nitto

English: Nitto


D'Andrea

From the personal name Andrea (“Andrew”).


Gaito

From Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid, “caid, leader”).


Cicala

From cicala (“cicada”), a nickname for a talkative person.


Orengo

From the Late Latin personal name Aurengus or Orengus, a contracted form of some Germanic personal name.

a surname originating as a patronymic [in turn from Late Latin]


Ligorio

From Latin Ligorius, of uncertain origin (but compare ligure).


Ceravolo

Italianization of Sicilian Ciràvulu, variant form of ciraulu (“snake charmer”). Doublet of Ceraulo.


Lento

From lento (“slow”), a nickname for a slow or lazy person.


Nicotera

A town in Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy


Dallara

English: Dallara


Dall'Ara

English: Dallara


Villa Rosebery

Villa Rosebery in Naples, Italy (one of the three official residences of the President of the Italian Republic, so named because it was owned by the British prime minister, The 5th Earl of Rosebery)


Macaluso

Sicilian surname from Arabic مخلوص (maḵlūṣ, “freed, liberated”).


Tutino

Italianized from Sicilian Tutinu, from the shortening of Toti. Doublet of Totino.


Totino

Italianized from Sicilian Tutinu. Doublet of Tutino.


Fina

Short form of various personal names, such as Serafina.


Maranta

→ Translingual: Maranta


Ciaramella

From ciaramella (“shawm; bagpipe”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of such musical instruments.


Lofaso

English: Lofaso


Dallago

English: Dallago

German: Dallago

French: Dallago

desc

→ Chinese: 達拉戈 /达拉戈 (Dálāgē) (transliteration)

From dal (“from”) + lago (“lake”).
From da+il+lago.

dal Lago (alternative)
dal'Lago (alternative)
Dal Lago (alternative)
Dal'Lago (alternative)
Dal'lago (alternative)
DalLago (alternative)
dalLago (alternative)
Lago (alternative)


Porto Vecchio

Porto Vecchio (a city and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica)


Tapso

From Latin Thapsus, Thapsos, from Ancient Greek Θάψος (Thápsos), from Phoenician.

Thapsus (Carthaginian and Roman port near present-day Bakalta, Tunisia)


Bellavista

From bella (“beautiful”) + vista (“view”).


Lampariello

Lampariello is the corrective form of Lambariello, that could represent *L’ambariello, the diminutive of L’amaro, “the unfortunate one” (from L. amarus, “bitter”) or La Mari < Adimari, composed of the Germanic elements for “noble” and “fame.” On the other hand, It. dialectal lampara from a hypothetical *lampadara from It. lampada, "lantern," refers to night fishing with a blinding light source. In this sense, Lampariello could signify the "little night fisherman."


Chirco

From a variant of the personal name Ciriaco. Compare Chirico.

a surname transferred from the given name


Simisso

medieval name of Samsun, a city of Turkey


Lancia

From lancia (“spear”), a metonymic occupational surname for an armorer or for a soldier who carried a spear.


Cuffaro

Borrowed from Sicilian Cuffaru, from cuffaru (“basket maker”).


Ferlito

Italianization of the Sicilian surname Sicilian Firritu, from Ferra (“Ferla”) + -itu (“inhabitational suffix”), from Ferula the first element, while the second is from the reminiscence of Latin -ītēs, ultimately from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Doublet of ferlese.


Piperno

From Latin Privernum. Doublet of Priverno.


Rametta

Borrowed from Sicilian ramitta (“twig”), from rama (“branch”).


Saccavino

English: Saccavino

Perhaps from French sac à vin (“drunkard”).


Montemurro

From the name of a town in Basilicata, which derives from It. mons, "mountain," and It. dialectal morro, "rocky mass," a word of pre-Roman origin which is cognate with the geological term in English moraine.


Servidio

Verb-object compound, composed of servi (“to serve”) + Dio (“God”).


Abbaleo

From abba (“father, abbot”) + Leo (“a given name”).


Frigerio

From the Lombard name for the hackberry.


Bucolo

From Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowsman”).

der

a male given name, equivalent to English Bucolus


Della Robbia

From della + robbia (“madder”), probably because the ancestors were painters.


Lograsso

From lo (“the”) + grasso (“fat”), a nickname for a stout and corpulent man.


Candiotto

Borrowed from Venetan candiotto or candioto (“Cretan, of or from Candia”), an ethnic surname.

a surname from Venetan [in turn originating as an ethnonym]


Cannavaro

Borrowed from Sicilian Cannavaru, from Sicilian cannavaru (“one who handles cànnava”).


Piccardo

From piccardo (“inhabitant of Picardy”).


La Russa

From the Sicilian surname La Russa (“The She-redhead”), from russu (“red”).


Ciaravolo

Italianization of Sicilian Ciaràvulu, variant form of ciraulu (“snake charmer”). Doublet of Ceraulo.


Coccimiglio

Sicilian: Cuccimigghiu

Readaptation of a substrate loan from Sicilian cuccumeli:
* from an unattested Medieval Greek *κοκκυμήλιον (*kokkumḗlion), ultimately from κοκκύμηλον (kokkúmēlon, “plum”), from κόκκῠξ (kókkŭx, “cuckoo”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, any fruit from a tree”);
* from κοκκύμηλον (kokkúmēlon) with influence from meli;
* alternatively from κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, kernel”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, any fruit from a tree”) (cfr. Κώκαλος (Kṓkalos) for the first element).
Possibly cognate with Greek Κουκουμέλης (Koukoumélis).


Colombrita

Perhaps from Ancient Greek κολυμβήθρα (kolumbḗthra, “reservoir, cistern”).


Lo Giudice

Italianized from Sicilian Lu Jùdici, lu (“the”) + jùdici (“judge”).


Capitano

Occupational surname, from capitano (“captain”).


Fanara

Sicilian occupational surname from Greek φαναράς (fanarás, “lampmaker”), from φανός (fanós, “torch, lamp”).


Orrico

Patronymic surname derived from a variant of the Italian given name Ulrico.


Liistro

From the Sicilian surname Lijistru, from lijistru (“privet”).


Masala

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost settlement in Sardinia.


Zedda

Perhaps from Sardinian zedda (“cellar”), used to indicate the profession of an innkeeper.


Deplano

Surname denoting someone living in a plain. Compare Latin planus (“flat, even”).


Sedda

From a local placename in Sardinia, which can be translated as "top of a mountain".


Nauclerio

Occupational surname, from Latin nauclērius (“ship's captain”).


Nasta

From a reduced form of the personal name Anastasio.


Nuciforo

Patronymic surname, from a variant of the given name Niceforo.


Schena

Probably from a regional variant of schiena (“back”), perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived near a rise or bump on the ground.


Deidda

From de (“of; from”) + idda, clipping of Sardinian bidda (“town, hamlet”).


Aufiero

Neapolitan variant of the surname Alfieri.


Naitana

Probably a toponymic surname from a lost settlement in Sardinia.


Papaleo

From papa (“Orthodox priest”) + Leo (“clipped variant of the personal name Leone”).


Deiana

Perhaps from de (“of, from”) + Sardinian jana (“fairy”).


Induno

Habitational surname from the name of two town in Lombardy called Induno Olona and Induno Ticino.


Defraia

From Sardinian. Further etymology unclear.


Fabro

The occupational surname is from fabro, variant of fabbro (“smith”).


Chessa

Probably from Sardinian chersa (“lentisk”).


Accurso

Patronymic surname, from a Southern Italian variant of the male given name Accorso.


Quadarella

English: Quadarella


Scibilia

Borrowed from Sicilian Xibilia (or nowadays Scibbilia).


Scifo

Italianization of the Sicilian Scifu, from scifu (“container, vessel”).


Seminara

A town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


Panebianco

From pane (“bread”) + bianco (“white”), a metonymic occupational surname for a baker.


Sarracino

From sarracino, Neapolitan variant of saraceno (“Saracene”).


Teta

Spelling variant of Teti, a personal name.


Baseggio

From the Venetan variant of the personal name Basilio.

a surname from Venetan [in turn originating as a patronymic]


Tallarita

Borrowed from Sicilian taḍḍarita (“bat”), probably used as nickname.

bor+

a surname from Sicilian [in turn transferred from the nickname]


Mangiaracina

From the Sicilian name for the fish salpa, verb-object compound, composed of mangia (“to eat”) + racina (“grape”).


Trainito

Habitational surname Italianized after the Sicilian demonym trajinitu (“inhanbitant of Troina”), from Trajina (“Troina”) + -itu (“suffix”). Compare Italian Ferlito, Virgillito for the suffix.


Bacigalupo

From the Ligurian verb bacigare (“to beat with a stick”) + lupo (“wolf”), perhaps a nickname for someone who was courageous and fierce.

Baccigalupi (alternative)
Baccigaluppi (alternative)
Bacigaluppi (alternative)
Bacigaluppo (alternative)


Addeo

From a shortened form of the personal name Adeodato. This surname is typical of Campania.


Ruvolo

Habitational surname from Sicilian ruvolo (“sessile oak”).


Scibetta

Clipping of Calascibetta or, otherwise, from Sicilian Xibbetta.


Mandosio

→ French: Mandosio

Prospero Mandosio, b. 1643


Giangreco

A patronymic surname, from Gian + Greco.


Lo Monaco

→ English: Lomonaco


Perniciaro

Occupational surname for a rearer or hunter of partridges, from pernice (“partridge”) + -aro (“occupational suffix”).


Testagrossa

From testa (“head”) + grossa (“large”), a nickname for someone with a particularly large head.


Vitellaro

From vitellaro, variant of vitellaio (“breeder of calves”).


Scardamaglia

Verb-object compound, composed of scarda (“to husk”) + maglia (“mesh; vest, shirt”), probably used as a nickname.


La Grangia

la + grangia. Cognate with French Lagrange.


Caldararo

Italianized from the South of Italy substrata, from Vulgar Latin *caldararius. Cognate to Romanian Căldărariu, Sicilian Caudararu.


Aparo

Borrowed from Sicilian Aparu, a surname derived from aparu (“beekeeper”).


Della Vecchia

→ English: Dellavecchia


Capraro

From capraro, variant of capraio (“goatherd”).


Carraro

From carraro, variant of carraio (“cartwright”).


Casamento

From casamento (“tenement; group of houses”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in or nearby a large group of houses.


Iorizzo

English: Jorizzo


Cucuzza

Borrowed from Sicilian Cucuzza, from Sicilian cucuzza (“marrow; pumpkin”). Doublet of Cocuzza.


Cugno

From the Sicilian surname Cugnu, from cugnu (“wedge”).


Cunsolo

From the italianization of Sicilian Cùnzulu, a surname derived from cùnzulu (“consul”).

Consolo (alternative)
Cunzolo (alternative)
Di Cunzolo (alternative)
Consoli (alternative)
Di Consoli (alternative)
Consolino (alternative)


Colantonio

Shortened form of a personal name formed by Nicola (“Nicholas”) + Antonio (“Anthony”).


D'Ignazio

From di (“of”) + Ignazio (“a personal name”).


D'Oronzo

From di (“of”) + Oronzo (“a personal name”).


D'Orazio

→ English: Dorazio


Sambonifacio

From the town of San Bonifacio, in Veneto.


Giacobbo

From a variant of the personal name Giacobbe.


Buoncristiano

A nickname, from buon (“good”) + cristiano (“Christian”).


Marigo

From Venetan marigo (“mayor of a rural village”), itself from Latin maricus.


Giurato

Occupational surname, from giurato (“juror; juryman”).


Scarpino

From the surname Scarpa + -ino (diminutive suffix).


Quartararo

English: Quartararo

French: Quartararo


Iuliano

From a variant of the personal name Giuliano.


Paniccia

From paniccia (“type of polenta or focaccia”) hence probably a metonymic occupational surname.


Langella

→ English: Langella


Lodadio

Verb-object compound, composed of loda (“to praise”) + Dio (“God”).


Mastrodicasa

From mastro (“master”) + di (“of”) + casa (“house”).


Todisco

Variant of Tedesco. Compare Sicilian Tudiscu.


Cestaro

Occupational surname for a basket maker, from cesta (“basket”) + -aro.


Misso

Occupational surname from Latin missus. Compare messo (“messenger”).


Incorvaia

Topographic surname, from in + corvaia (“place frequented by crows”).


Spezzacatena

Verb-object compound, composed of spezza (“to break”) + catena (“chain”), probably used as a nickname.


Muraglia

From muraglia (“high wall”), perhaps a toponymic surname for someone who lived by the city's wall.


Nocerino

From nocerino (“of or related to Nocera”).


Territo

Nickname for a timid person; compare Latin territus (“frightened, scared”).


D'Adamo

→ English: Dadamo


Sangiuliano

Univerbation of san + Giuliano, literally “Saint Julian”.


D'Addona

→ English: Daddona


Parlato

From a metathesized form of prelato (“prelate”), a status nickname for a high-ranking member of the clergy.


Montemagno

From monte (“mountain, hill”) + magno (“great, mighty”).


Baglio

Borrowed from Sicilian Bagghiu, from Sicilian bagghiu (“courtyard, bailey”), from Medieval Latin ballium. Akin to Balivo.


Pistorino

From a diminutive of Latin pī̆stor (“miller; baker”); cf. Pistorius in other languages. Alternatively, from an archaic term for a person from Pistoia, equivalent to Pistoia + -ino.


Podda

From Sardinian podda (“flour”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a miller or baker.


Cannatella

English: Cannatella


Porro

Perhaps from porro (“leek; wart”), a nickname denoting a person with warts or boils.


Femia

From a shortened form of the female personal name Eufemia.


Gebbia

Topographic surname, from Sicilian gebbia (“irrigation cistern”).


Papapietro

From papa (“Orthodox priest”) + Pietro (“Peter”).


Beggiato

→ Translingual: Beggiatoa.


Rasmo

From a shortened form of the personal name Erasmo.


Rigano

From the Sicilian surname Rìganu, from rìganu (“oregano”).


La Rosa

→ English: Larosa


Liviero

From a shortened form of the personal name Oliviero.


Satariano

English: Satariano


Petralia

Habitational surname, from the towns of Petralia Soprana and Petralia Sottana, in Sicily.


Scaletta

Habitational surname from the village of Scaletta Zanclea, in Sicily.


D'Errico

From a variant of the personal name Enrico.


Tagliapietra

Verb-object compound, composed of taglia (“to cut”) + pietra (“stone”). Compare tagliapietre (“stonecutter”).


Mendicino

English: Mendicino


D'Imperio

→ English: Dimperio


Fratangelo

From frate (“monk, friar”) + Angelo (“a male given name”).


Bellanca

Nickname from bella (“beautiful”) + anca (“hip”).


Valoroso

From valoroso (“valorous, valiant”), a nickname for a courageous person.


Trapasso

From Southern Italian trapasso (“Maundy Thursday”), perhaps a nickname for someone born on that day or otherwise associated with it.


Vermiglio

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

A town in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy


Spinazzola

a surname transferred from the place name


Buccellato

Metonymic occupational surname for a baker, from buccellato (“kind of cake”).


Borgonovo

Habitational surname, from any of various places called Borgonovo, from borgo (“village, hamlet”) + novo (“new”).


Della Penna

→ English: Dellapenna


Dato

Reduced form of a personal name, such as Donato or Diodato.


Zilio

From Venetan Zilio, variant of the personal name Egidio.


Buttafava

Verb-object compound, composed of butta (“to throw; to sprout”) + fava (“fava bean”).


Adornato

English: Adornato


Zennaro

From a variant of the personal name Gennaro.


La Vecchia

→ English: Lavecchia


Fornaro

From fornaro, variant of fornaio (“baker”).


Fiordispino

From fiore (“flower”) + di (“of”) + spino (“briar, thornbush”).


Barraco

→ English: Barraco

From Arabic براق (barrāq, “shining, lustrous”).


Sannicandro

Habitational surname, from two towns in Apulia called Sannicandro.


Pizzolato

From pizzolato (“pecked”), a nickname given to someone with pockmarks.


Gasbarro

From a variant of the personal name Gaspare.


Sacca

From sacca (“bag; pocket”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of sacks or bags.


Craparotta

From Sicilian crapa (“she-goat”) + rotta (“broken”).


Consolo

From the italianization of Sicilian Cùnzulu, a surname derived from cùnzulu (“consul”).

Cunsulo (alternative)
Cunsolo (alternative)
Cunzolo (alternative)
Di Cunzolo (alternative)
Consoli (alternative)
Di Consoli (alternative)
Consolino (alternative)


Tomasino

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Tommaso.


Campea

English: Campea


Giangregorio

From Gian (“John”) + Gregorio (“Gregory”).


D'Antuono

→ English: Dantuono


La Fata

→ English: Lafata


La Porta

→ English: Laporta


Lo Conte

→ English: LoConte


Pala

A topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow, from pala (“upland meadow”).


Santagata

Habitational surname, from any of various places called Sant'Agata.


Piparo

Probably an occupational surname for one who played the pipe, from pipa (“pipe”) + -aro.


Caradonna

From cara (“dear”) + donna (“woman, lady”).


Musco

From the Sicilian surname Muscu, from muscu (“moss”).


Pappacoda

Verb-object compound, composed of pappa (“to gobble up”) + coda (“tail”).


Allocco

A nickname from allocco (“tawny owl; sucker, chump, dummy”).


Saltamerenda

Verb-object compound, composed of salta (“to jump; to skip”) + merenda (“afternoon snack”), probably a nickname of some sort.


Pietromonaco

From Pietro (“Peter”) + monaco (“monk”).


Tagliavia

Verb-object compound, composed of taglia (“to cut”) + via (“way, road”).


Tuminello

From Tumino (“a rare personal name”) + -ello (“hypocoristic suffix”).


Mignano

Habitational surname from the town of Mignano Monte Lungo in Campania.

Mignano Monte Lungo
it:Mignano (disambigua)


Mastromarino

From mastro (“master; mister”) + Marino (“a male given name”).


Amordeluso

Rare surname, from amore (“love”) + deluso (“disappointed”).


Cacciato

A nickname from cacciato (“expelled, thrown out”).


D'Aversa

→ English: Daversa

Habitational surname for someone from Aversa, in Campania.


Fiacco

Nickname from fiacco (“tired, weak, listless”).


Costerbosa

From costa (“slope”) + erbosa (“grassy”).


Falsaperla

From falsa (“false”) + perla (“pearl”), a nickname for an untrustworthy or unreliable person.


Lo Scalzo

→ English: Loscalzo


Reo

Perhaps from reo (“culprit”), but more probably a shortened form of an unclear personal name.


Castelnuovo

Habitational surname from any of various places called Castelnuovo, from castello (“castle”) + nuovo (“new”).


Lonardo

From Sicilian Lunardu. Doublet of the personal name Leonardo. Doublet of Lunardo, Lunardi.


Cassata

From cassata (“cassata, a Sicilian cake”), a metonymic occupational surname for a pastry cook.


Malamisura

From mala (“bad”) + misura (“measure”), perhaps a nickname of some sort.


Malaspina

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→ Bulgarian: Маласпи́на (Malaspína) (transliteration)

→ English: Malaspina

→ German: Malaspina

→ Latin: Malaspīna

→ Russian: Маласпи́на (Malaspína) (transliteration)

→ Spanish: Malaspina

Either from mala (“bad”) + spina (“thorn”) or from Latin Malaspīna.

a surname, equivalent to English Malaspina


Santalucia

Habitational surname from any of various places called Santa Lucia.


Pullano

Probably a habitational surname from a small place near Catanzaro.


Malvestio

From Venetan malvestio (“poorly dressed”); compare malvestito.


La Nasa

→ English: Lanasa


Torcivia

Verb-object compound, composed of torci (“to twist”) + via (“way, road”).


Altavilla

County of Sicily
Roger I of Sicily
Tancred of Hauteville
it:Tancredi d'Altavilla

Calque of French Hauteville (as haute (“high”) + ville (“town”)), after Tancred of Hauteville, also known as Tancredi d'Altavilla, an 11th-century Norman petty lord whose son Roger I of Sicily founded the County of Sicily.

casa d'Altavilla

a surname from French, equivalent to English Hauteville

(historical) Hauteville; a dynasty, begun by Roger I of Sicily, which ruled the County of Sicily (later Kingdom of Sicily) from 1071 until 1194


Addamo

From a variant of the personal name Adamo.


Lodico

From a reduced form of the personal name Ludovico.


Mazzaferro

Verb-object compound, composed of mazza (“to kill (archaic or southern Italy)”) + ferro (“iron”), literally “iron-killer”, a nickname for a strong or invincible man.

mazzare<t:to kill (archaic or southern Italy)>


Cotroneo

Habitational surname for someone coming from Crotone, from Cotrone (“older form of Crotone”) + -eo.


Ciriello

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Ciro.


Galano

From Greek γαλανός (galanós, “light blue, pale blue”), a nickname for someone with blue eyes.


Spirito

Devotional surname alluding to the Spirito Santo (“Holy Spirit”).


Cacciaguerra

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to hunt; to drive away”) + guerra (“war”), probably used as a nickname.


Passantino

From Passante (“an Italian surname”) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”).


Casabianca

Habitational surname, from casa (“house”) + bianca (“white”).


Ciccarello

From Cicco (“a male given name”) + -arello (“diminutive suffix”).


Gumina

From gumina, variant of gomena (“hawser”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for a cable maker.


D'Attanasio

From a variant of the personal name Atanasio.


Apuzzo

From a diminutive of ape (“bee”), hence a metonymic occpational surname for a beekeeper or a nickname for an industrious person.


Germanotta

Probably a metronymic surname from a diminutive of Germana.


Avvampato

From avvampato (“burnt; blushed, reddened”).


Nardiello

Southern diminutive form of the personal name Nardo.


Ammazzalorso

From the univerbation of ammazzare (“to kill”) + lo (“the”) + orso (“bear”), a nickname for a brave or courageous person.


Ardolino

Probably a variant of the personal name Arduino.


Caporaso

From capo (“head”) + raso (“shaven”), a nickname for someone with a shaven head.


Lanzillotta

Probably a feminine form of the personal name Lancillotto.


Severa

From Latin Sevēra, feminine form of the cognomen Sevērus.


Sorbello

From the surname Sorbo + -ello (“diminutive suffix”).


Primarosa

Calque of English Primrose, from prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”).


Consalvo

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Gunþisalbō, a compound of *gunþiz (“war, battle”) + *salbō (“settler, assuager”). Compare Spanish Gonzalo and Portuguese Gonçalvo.


Giovanniello

From a Southern diminutive form of the personal name Giovanni.


Addamiano

From a variant of the personal name Damiano.


Dentamaro

Perhaps a nickname from dente (“tooth”) + amaro (“bitter, sour”).


Santostefano

Habitational surname from any of various places called Santo Stefano.


Sicignano

Habitational surname from the village of Sicignano degli Alburni, in Campania.


Faina

From faina (“beech marten”), a nickname for a crafty person.


Assennato

A nickname from assennato (“judicious, wise”).


Lovallo

From lo (“the”) + vallo (“wall”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a wall or fortification.


Massimino

From Latin Maximīnus, a diminutive of Maximus.


Cotugno

From Sicilian cutugnu (“quince”); compare cotogno.


Zappacosta

Verb-object compound, composed of zappa (“to hoe”) + costa (“coast; slope”).


Filosa

From Sicilian filuosa (“fishing net”), a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman.


Belgiorno

From bel (“beautiful”) + giorno (“day”).


Bellabarba

Compound of bella (“beautiful”) + barba (“beard”).


Bellachioma

A nickname from bella (“beautiful”) + chioma (“head of hair”).


Bellacosa

From bella (“beautiful”) + cosa (“thing”).


Bellagamba

From bella (“beautiful”) + gamba (“leg”).


Bellamacina

From bella (“beautiful”) + macina (“millstone”).


Bellanima

From bella (“beautiful”) + anima (“soul”).


Bellaveglia

From bella (“beautiful”) + veglia (“vigil, watch”).


Bellavita

From bella (“beautiful”) + vita (“life”).


Bellobuono

From bello (“beautiful”) + buono (“good”).


Belloro

From bello (“beautiful”) + oro (“gold”).


Belluomo

From bello (“beautiful, handsome”) + uomo (“man”).


Belprato

From bel (“beautiful”) + prato (“meadow”).


Beltempo

From bel (“beautiful, nice”) + tempo (“time; weather”).


Belpietro

From bel (“beautiful, nice”) + Pietro (“Peter”).


Roccabruna-Capo Martino

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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (a city and commune of Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Boccadoro

A nickname, from bocca (“mouth”) + di (“of”) + oro (“gold”).


Boccadifuoco

A nickname, from bocca (“mouth”) + di (“of”) + fuoco (“fire”).


Pesavento

Verb-object compound, composed of pesa (“to weigh”) + vento (“wind”), a nickname for an idle or prodigal person.


Bonaccorso

From buon (“good”) + accorso (“rushed to help”).


Nargiso

From a variant of the personal name Narciso.


Barbadoro

A nickname, from barba (“beard”) + di (“of”) + oro (“gold”).


Massidda

From Sardinian massidda (“jaw”); compare Italian mascella.


Bonasera

From bona (“good”) + sera (“evening”). Compare buonasera.


Santagostino

Habitational surname from any of various places called Sant'Agostino.


Bonatesta

A nickname, from bona (“good”) + testa (“head”).


Bongusto

A nickname, from bono (“good”) + gusto (“taste”).


Bonvissuto

A nickname, from bono (“good”) + vissuto (“lived”).


Buonerba

A nickname, from buona (“good”) + erba (“grass”).


Ciocca

A nickname, from ciocca (“lock of hair, tuft”).


Ditta

A short form of the personal name Benedetta.


Carangelo

A nickname, from caro (“dear”) + angelo (“angel”).


Carapezza

A nickname, from cara (“dear”) + pezza (“patch, rag”).


Carotenuto

English: Carotenuto

A nickname from caro (“dear”) + tenuto (“held, kept”).


Recupero

From recupero (“recovery, rescue”), a nickname given to a child born after the death of an elder brother.


Collodoro

A nickname from collo (“neck”) + di (“of”) + oro (“gold”).


Contento

A nickname from contento (“happy, pleased”).


Tomasulo

Hypocoristic form of the personal name Tommaso (“Thomas”).


Panzica

Feminine form of Sicilian panzicu (“pot-bellied”), from panza (“belly”).


Dolcemascolo

A nickname from dolce (“sweet”) + mascolo (“male, boy”).


Fiaccavento

Verb-object compound, composed of fiacca (“to tire out, to weary”) + vento (“wind”), probably used as a nickname.


Firpo

Southern Italian variant of the personal name Filippo (“Philip”).


Favazza

A nickname from a derivative of fava (“bean”).


Mentesana

A nickname from mente (“mind”) + sana (“healthy”).


Nesta

From Italian Onesta (feminine variant of Onesto).


Posabella

A nickname from posa (“pose, posing”) + bella (“beautiful”).


Pregadio

Verb-object compound, composed of prega (“to pray”) + Dio (“God”); a nickname.


Primatesta

A nickname from prima (“first”) + testa (“head”).


Notargiacomo

From notaro, older form of notaio (“notary”), + Giacomo.


Maiolo

(rare) a male given name from French, equivalent to English Majolus


Rigoglioso

A nickname from rigoglioso (“blooming, thriving”).


Spampinato

From spampinato (“chopped off, lopped”), perhaps a nickname for a short person.


Cutrona

Borrowed from Sicilian Cutrona. Doublet of Cutrone.


Lofrumento

English: Laframenta


Minichiello

Reduced form of a diminutive of the personal name Domenico.


Torregrossa

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a large tower, from torre (“tower”) + grossa (“large”).


Sollecito

A nickname from sollecito (“prompt, quick, solicitous”).


D'Eufemia

From di (“of”) + the personal name Eufemia.


Lo Sasso

→ English: LoSasso


Lanzo

Probably from a Germanic personal name related to English Lance.


La Cognata

From the Sicilian surname La Cugnata, from cugnata (“hatchet”).


Vantaggiato

A nickname from vantaggiato (“favored”).


D'Alessio

→ English: Dalessio

From di (“of”) + the personal name Alessio.


Genzano

Habitational surname from any of various places called Genzano.


Vittorioso

A nickname, from vittorioso (“victorious”).


Agrillo

From the Sicilian surname Agriḍḍu, a surname derived from agriḍḍu (“cricket”).