Monaco

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Cosenza

From Latin Cōnsentia, Cosentia, from consentia.


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.


Brindisi

From Latin Brundisium, from Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from the Messapic word for the head of a male deer, possibly based on the shape of the port. Compare Proto-Albanian *brina (Albanian bri) and *drani (Albanian dre).


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.


Brescia

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


Salerno

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


Savona

From Latin Savōnem f, with the ending feminized to /-a/.


Modena

From Latin Mutina, from Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌍𐌀 (mutna).


Trapani

Ultimately from Latin Drepanum, Drepanon, Ancient Greek Δρέπανον (Drépanon, “sickle”), a reference to the curving shape of its harbor.


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.


Napoli

→ Chinese: 拿坡里 (Nápōlǐ)

→ English: Napoli

→ Estonian: Napoli

→ Finnish: Napoli

→ Greek: Νάπολη (Nápoli)

→ Japanese: ナポリ

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→ Ottoman Turkish: ناپولی (Napoli)
Turkish: Napoli

→ Vietnamese: Napoli

From Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polis), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).


Torino

→ Translingual: Torino

→ English: Torino

English: Turin

→ Danish: Torino

→ Estonian: Torino

→ Finnish: Torino

French: Turin

→ 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.


Simone

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (shim'ón).

a surname transferred from the given name


Scozia

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


Fantini

Diminutive of Infante, from infante (“child”).


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.


Cuda

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


Bianca

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


Fermi

→ English: Fermi

→ French: Fermi


Grande

English: Grande

From grande (“big”), a nickname for a tall or large person.


Leone

Giovanni Leone, Italian politician and sixth President of Italy


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”).


Rana

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


Sorge

From the italianization of the Sicilian surname Surgi, derived from surgi (“mouse”), dialectal variant of surci. Cognate with Sardinian Suergiu.


Luna

From Latin Lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

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Mari

* Patronymic/short form of the medieval name Ademaro, Adimaro.
* Patronymic/short form of Mario.
* Short form of Amari, or a nickname from amaro (“bitter”).


Tango

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


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


Vespa

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


Romano

a common surname for someone who was a Roman, or derived from the given name


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.


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 common surname, equivalent to English Brown


Ioppi

Testi inediti friulani dal secolo XIV al XIX raccolti e annotati da VINCENZO Ioppi

Secondo Vincenzo Ioppi l'ordine nobiliare cittadino fu costituito allora.

1955, Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Commissione per gli atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane, Reale Accademia d'Italia. Commissione per gli atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane, Atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane dal Medio Evo al 1831:

2 del primo piano, con il maresciallo dei Carabinieri medaglia d'oro Angelo Ioppi (tuttora vivente); i giorni successivi, in altra cella dello stesso piano, sempre con Ioppi, ma con altri due detenuti meno gravati di noi

1988, Giorgio Angelozzi Gariboldi, Pio XII, Hitler e Mussolini: il Vaticano fra le dittature, page 249:

1993 June, L Businco, M Ioppi, NL Morse, et al., Breast milk from mothers of children with newly developed atopic eczema has low levels of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (91(6):1134-9)


Maffia

From a variant of the personal name Mattia.


Celia

From Latin Caelia, feminine form of Caelius.


Belletini

a surname, meaning beautiful little-ones


Zola

a habitational surname from several places of the name in Italy


Moroni

Patronymic from an augmentative form of Moro.


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


Ungari

From ungaro (“Hungarian”), an ethnic surname.


Alessandro

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


Pentecoste

→ Cimbrian: Pentekòste

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).


Pesci

From pesci (“fishes”), plural of pesce. Astronomy/Astrology sense is a calque of New Latin Pisces.


Durante

From the Latin proper name Durans or Durantis, both derived from the Latin verb dūrāre (“to endure”).
Cognates include Spanish Durán, French Durand.


Castiglione

From castiglione (“fortress, fortified town”), from Latin castilium (“fortified city”) (from castellum (“castle, fort”), diminutive of castrum (“armed camp”)) + -one (augmentative suffix). Compare Italian Castelleone, Sicilian Castigghiuni.

Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author


Orlando

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Italian politician


Abramo

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


Miserere

Borrowed from Latin miserēre (“have pity”), the first word of the 51st Psalm, probably a nickname for a foundling.

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


Illuminati

Patronymic or plural form of Illuminato.


Medici

a surname of a powerful and influential aristocratic Florentine family from the 13th to 17th centuries


Pelosini

From peloso (“hairy”) + -ino (“-ini (“diminutive suffix”)”).


Lamborghini

A compound of Germanic *landą ("land") or *lambaz ("lamb") + *burgz ("fortified city").


Pelosi

English: Pelosi

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→ Chinese: → 佩洛西 (Pèiluòxī) (transliteration)


Pasqua

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”).


Anastasio

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


Valentino

English: Valentino

a surname, 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”).


Sanna

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


Tagliafierro

a surname indigenous to the Campania region of Italy


Daniele

From Latin Daniēlem, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (Dåniyel, literally “God is my judge”).


Perseu

From a Sardinian form of the personal name Perseo.


Maiorca

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


Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer


Ferrari

From Ferraro, doublet of ferraio (“smith”).


Barbarossa

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


Siri

Patronymic surname from the personal name Siro.


Rinaldo

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.


Lia

From the Sicilian surname/name Lìa, from Ilìa (“Elijah”).


Fano

a habitational surname, derived from the above town or others of a similar name


Sani

Patronymic from the medieval personal name Sano.


Fibonacci

Leonardo Fibonacci, Italian mathematician


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”).


Manunta

a surname probably originating in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia


Jacuzzi

Originally Iacuzzi, the surname was misspelled with an initial J by an Ellis Island official. Related to Giacomo, along with many other spelling variants.


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.


Rossi

English: Rossi

a surname; the most popular surname in Italy


Falco

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


Raffaele

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).


Scilla

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


Clemente

a surname transferred from the given name.


Nanna

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


Gregorio

→ Korean: 그레고리오 (Geuregorio)

→ Vietnamese: Grêgôriô

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


Salomone

From Latin Salomōn, from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (Shlomo), from שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”).


Pompei

English: Pompei


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.


Delle Piane

a surname of a very ancient and noble aristocratic Ligurian family from the 12th to 20th centuries


Ilario

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


Avogadro

Borrowed from Venetian Avogadro, a surname derived from Latin advocātor via the nominative. Doublet of avogadore (“lawyer”), also borrowed from Venetian, this time from the Latin accusative advocātōrem.

Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist


Giovenale

English: Giovenale


Eramo

From a variant of the personal name Erasmo.


Galizia

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


Clemenza

Feminine version of the personal name Clemente.


Bergamasco

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


Barnaba

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


Amato

Giuliano Amato, Italian politician


Borromeo

English: Borromean rings

Charles Borromeo, 16th century Italian saint


Mutti

→ English: Mutti


Nestori

Patronymic surname from the given name Nestore.


Mussolini

Translingual: mussolinii

English: Mussolini

From mussola, mussolina (“muslin”), from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq.

the fascist dictator Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini


Simeoni

Sara Simeoni, Italian athlete


Ippolito

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


Isotta

a metronymic surname transferred from the given name


Rando

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


Pantalone

Variant of the personal name Pantaleone, named after Saint Pantaleon, Roman physician and martyr.


Silvi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Silvio.


Polidoro

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολύδωρος (Polúdōros).


Scotti

Of Medieval Latin origin, from a diminutive nickname derived from Franciscus.

Gerry Scotti, Italian anchorman


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)


Canuto

A nickname, from canuto (“grey, hoary, white (of hair)”).


Onorato

From Late Latin Honorātus. Cognate to French Honoré.


Togliatti

Palmiro Togliatti (1893–1964), Italian politician


Sodano

→ English: Sodano

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


Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi (Italian politician and businessman)


Bua

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


Melis

Perhaps from a Sardinian word meaning "honey"; compare miele (“honey”).


Bellocchio

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


Serra

Habitational surname, from any of numerous places called Serra.


Massa

English: 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”).


Filippi

From the personal name Filippo (“Philip”).


Fortebraccio

a surname, equivalent to English Armstrong


Furia

From furia (“fury, rage”), a nickname for an irascible man.


Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer


Fulco

From a variant of the personal name Folco.

a surname transferred from the given name


Rota

English: Rota


Geltrude

From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”) + *þrūþiz (“strength”) or *trut- (“maiden, dear”).


Montano

English: Montano

a habitational surname from landforms, equivalent to English Mountain


Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian lyrical singer


Velasco

Borrowed from Spanish. Doublet of Vasco.


Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and inventor


Carrara

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


Montecchi

From the town of Montecchio Maggiore near Vicenza.

a topographic surname, equivalent to English Montagu


Malatesta

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


Morgana

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

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Paganini

Niccolò Paganini, Italian composer and violinist


Pirandello

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


Pirelli

Pirelli Tyre company


Pirrone

From the personal name Pirro + -one (“augmentative suffix”).


Saladino

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

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Angelino

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


Ovidi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Ovidio.


Abba

Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian writer and patriot

Marta Abba, Italian actress


Giglio

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

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Gola

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


Francisci

Patronymic from the personal name Francesco.


Isidori

Patronymic from the personal name Isidoro.


Columbo

English: Columbo

Likely from or related to Latin columbus.


Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi, Italian football/soccer player


Nibali

Vincenzo Nibali, Italian cyclist


Scala

English: Scala

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


Morgagni

Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist


Carli

Gian Rinaldo Carli, Italian writer and historian


Bonatti

Guido Bonatti, 13th century Italian astronomer


Beccheria

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


Alighieri

From the name Alighiero, Aldighiero derived from Old High German adal (“noble”) + gēr (“spear”). Compare Italian Berlinguer.


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.


Caccianemico

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to hunt; to drive away”) + nemico (“enemy”).

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Venedico Caccianemico, 13th-century Italian politician who sold his sister Ghisolabella Caccianemico into prostitution; portrayed by Dante in the Divine Comedy


Argenti

Filippo Argenti, 13th-century Florentine politician and character in Dante's Inferno


Camicione

Camicione de' Pazzi, 13th-century inhabitant of Florence, found in Dante's Inferno


Camiscione

a surname, alternative form of Camicione


Catalano

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


Gaeta

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


Interminei

(rare) a surname, variant of Interminelli


Lanfranchi

Patronymic form of the personal name Lanfranco.


Innocenti

From innocente (“innocent”), a nickname given to foundlings, especially the ones received into the Ospedale degli Innocenti, in Florence.


Mirra

Probably a metonymic occupational surname for someone who sold myrrh, from mirra (“myrrh”).


Palladio

Andrea Palladio, Italian architect


Pinamonte

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Malebranche

Unadapted borrowing from French Malebranche.

unadapted borrowing

Malebranche (Divine Comedy)
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Neri

From the apheresis of several medieval personal names, such as Raineri, Guarneri or Maineri.


Pugliese

English: Pugliese


Sibilia

From a variant of the female personal name Sibilla.


Sismondi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Sismondo, shortened variant of Sigismondo.


Tosto

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


Vitaliano

English: Vitaliano


Roccella

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


Antelami

Benedetto Antelami, Italian sculptor and architect


Andreotti

From the given name Andrea (“Andrew”) with the masculine plural suffix -otti.

Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), Italian statesman and former prime minister of Italy


Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director


Aporti

Ferrante Aporti, Italian theologian


Argan

Giulio Carlo Argan, Italian art historian and politician


Aulenti

Gae Aulenti, Italian architect


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:


Armani

English: Armani

Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer


Bandello

Matteo Bandello, Italian writer


Boccherini

Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer


Bombieri

Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician


Benigni

Roberto Benigni, Italian actor


Boezio

Severino Boezio, Roman philosopher


Broggini

Luigi Broggini, Italian sculptor


Bramante

Bramantean

Donato Bramante, Italian architect


Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and artist


Borromini

Francesco Borromini, Italian architect


Badoglio

Pietro Badoglio, Italian general and prime minister


Bruscantini

Sesto Bruscantini, Italian singer


Brunelleschi

From Brunello (a masculine given name) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).

Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect


Caccioppoli

Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician


Cadorna

Luigi Cadorna, Italian general


Camanni

Enrico Camanni, Italian writer


Bompiani

Valentino Bompiani, Italian writer


Buscetta

Tommaso Buscetta, Italian mobster


Biagi

Patronymic from the personal name Biagio.


Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director


Campanella

Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and writer


Camuccini

Vincenzo Camuccini, Italian painter


Cabibbo

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


Blasi

Shorter – and more Southener – variant of the personal name Blasio, ultimately from Latin Blasius (“Blaise”); non-palatalized variant of Biagio. Compare the equivalent Sicilian Brasi.


Bernardi

From the given name Bernardo (“Bernard”).


Benussi

Vittorio Benussi, Italian psychologist


Cantimori

Delio Cantimori, Italian historian


Belfiore

French: Belfiore

Borrowed from Venetian Belfior. Doublet of Bellofiore, which is from Sicilian Beḍḍuciuri.


Canova

Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor and painter


Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer and poet


Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto, Italian writer


Cannizzaro

From Sicilian Cannizzaru, from Sicilian cannizzaru (“related to somewhere or someone related to reeds or wattle”), from cannizzu (“wattle”), from canna.

Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), Italian chemist noted for the Cannizzaro reaction


Cimarosa

Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer


Ciampi

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian politician and tenth President of Italy


Carducci

By apheresis from Riccarduccio, a diminutive of Riccardo (“Richard”) obtained by adding -uccio, changed into plural as it is usual for many family names.

Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907), Italian poet


Caruso

Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor


Dulbecco

Renato Dulbecco, Italian biologist and doctor


Einaudi

Giulio Einaudi Editore, Italian publishers


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


Caltagirone

The first part is undoubtedly from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fortress, castle”), while the second one could either derive from غِيرَان (ḡīrān), plural of غَار (ḡār, “cave, cavern”), or from خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine, hog”).


Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci, Italian writer and journalist


Falloppio

Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist


Ficino

Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher, astrologer etc.


Farinelli

Giuseppe Farinelli, Italian composer


Franscini

Stefano Franscini, Swiss politician


Galilei

Galileo Galilei, famous Italian scientist and "father of observational astronomy"


Galuppi

Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer


Garrone

Matteo Garrone, Italian film maker


Fabrizi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Fabrizio.


Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and patriot


Falcone

English: Falcone

Giovanni Falcone, assassinated Italian judge and magistrate


Gigli

Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor


Gioberti

Vincenzo Gioberti, Italian patriot and phylosopher


Goldoni

Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright


Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci, Italian politician, philosopher etc.


Guinizzelli

Guido Guinizzelli, Italian poet


Giolitti

Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928), Italian politician and prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy


Gravina

Habitational surname, from the town of Gravina in Puglia.


Guglielmi

From the personal name Guglielmo (“William”).


Lancisi

Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Italian doctor


Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso, Italian anthropologist


Malaparte

Curzio Malaparte, Italian writer, journalist and poet


Marenzio

Luca Marenzio, Italian composer


Malpighi

→⇒ Translingual: Malpighia

Marcello Malpighi, Italian doctor


Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer


Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer


Manno

Possibly from Latin mannus, or Proto-Germanic *mann-.


Mannoia

Fiorella Mannoia, Italian singer


Leopardi

Seemigly from the Medieval Latin name Leopardus.

Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837), Italian poet


Mercalli

Habitational surname from the village of Mercallo, in Lombardy.


Mercantini

Luigi Mercantini, Italian poet


Meucci

Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor


Manzoni

There are several hypotheses:
* from manzo (“steer”), as an occupational surname for cow breeders;
* from Latin mānsus (“remained”, later “tame”), referring to a land worker, or the related Italian medieval given name Manso;
* from Provençal.

Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist


Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor


Mantegazza

Diminutive of mantega, from Latin mantica.


Matteotti

From the given name Matteo (“Matthew”) with the masculine plural suffix -otti.


Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer


Musatti

Cesare Musatti, Italian psychologist


Mazzini

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian patriot


Munari

Occupational surname, from Venetian munaro (“miller”). Compare mugnaio.


Muratori

Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Italian historian and writer


Luria

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


Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor


Montanelli

Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist


Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Italian composer


Montalcini

Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine


Morandi

→ Russian: Мора́нди (Morándi)


Mondadori

Arnaldo Mondadori, Italian publisher


Manfredo

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


Nicolucci

Pluralized from Nicoluccio, a pet name from Nicola (“Nicholas”) + -uccio (diminutive suffix). Later yielded the aphetic form Colucci.


Lollobrigida

English: Lollobrigida

French: Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress (and sex symbol)


Liguori

Patronymic/plural form of a southern variant of the personal name Ligorio.


Lando

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


Lombardo

Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese surname, from the noun lombardo.


Montessori

Maria Montessori, Italian medical doctor, educator and author


Modugno

Domenico Modugno, Italian singer


Nitti

English: Nitti


Pausini

Laura Pausini, Italian singer


Petrassi

Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer


Pellico

Silvio Pellico, Italian writer


Pezzali

Max Pezzali, Italian singer


Pergolesi

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer


Piccinni

Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer


Pisacane

Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot


Muti

English: Muti

Ornella Muti, Italian actress


Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini (“film director, journalist etc.”)


Pagliaro

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


Pavone

Rita Pavone, Italian actress and singer


Piacentini

From piacentino (“someone from Piacenza”).


Palumbo

English: Palumbo


Peano

Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician


Prodi

Romano Prodi, Italian economist and politician


Proietti

Luigi Proietti, Italian actor and comedian


Ramazzotti

Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer


Respighi

Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer


Rosmini

Antonio Rosmini, Italian philosopher


Righi

Augusto Righi, Italian physician


Rubbia

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


Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director


Rossini

Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer


Romagnoli

From romagnolo (“someone from Romagna”).


Ruffini

English: Ruffini


Ravaglioli

Armando Ravaglioli, Italian writer


Scarlatti

any of several of a family of Italian composers


Sobrero

Ascanio Sobrero, Italian chemist


Saffi

Aurelio Saffi, Italian patriot


Salieri

Antonio Salieri, Italian composer


Spallanzani

Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian naturalist


Speri

Tito Speri, Italian patriot


Sgarbi

Vittorio Sgarbi, Italian art critic


Sordi

Alberto Sordi, Italian cinema actor


Tartaglia

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

Niccolò Tartaglia, a 16th century Italian mathematician


Telesio

Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and naturalist


Tiepolo

Giambattista Tiepolo, famous Italian painter


Ughi

Uto Ughi, Italian musician


Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini, Italian orchestra conductor


Ungaretti

Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian writer and poet


Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator


Zarlino

Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer


Zanazzo

Giggi Zanazzo, Italian poet etc.


Viviani

Patronymic surname from the personal name Viviano.


Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director


Verga

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

Giovanni Verga (1840–1922), Italian writer


Vasari

Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist and art historian


Satta

Melissa Satta, Italian showgirl


Volterra

From Latin Volaterrae, from Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌉 (velaθri).

Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physician


Torlonia

Borrowed from French Tourlonias, itself from Occitan.

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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.
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a surname from French [in turn from Occitan]


Santoni

English: Santoni

French: Santoni


Versace

English: Versace

From Koine Greek Βαρσάκις (Barsákis) via Latin Bersacius, to uncertain derivation, possibly from Old Armenian վարսակ (varsak)


Vanvitelli

Luigi Vanvitelli (1700

Caspar van Wittel (1652–1736), Dutch painter, father of Luigi


Borrani

Odoardo Borrani, Italian painter


Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer


Ceschi

Shortened form of the surname Franceschi.


Cattaneo

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

(chiefly northern Italy, central Italy) a surname


Castagnola

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


Tasso

Torquato Tasso, Italian writer


Pellegrini

Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer


Simi

→ English: Simi


Cabrini

Francesca Saverio Cabrini, Italian religious sister


Buscemi

Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)


Eco

Umberto Eco, Italian writer and phylosopher


Nigro

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


Murano

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


Sonnino

Sidney Sonnino, Italian politician


Nove

Aldo Nove (pseudonym of Antonio Centanin; born 1967), Italian writer and poet


Lillo

Short form of various surnames such as Paolillo.


Lini

Patronymic surname from the personal name Lino.


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”).


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 Venetian.


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).


Parisi

From the personal name Parisio, a variant of Paride.


Cerrito

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


Gonzaga

→ English: Gonzaga

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a habitational surname, named for the town


Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta, Italian scholar and explorer


Ducati

From ducato.
* (company): Named after the company founder, Antonio Cavalieri Ducati.


Piccolo

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


Mori

Borrowed from Japanese 森 (Mori) or 毛利 (Mōri).


Lussu

Emilio Lussu, Italian politician, soldier and writer


Scialpi

Giovanni Scialpi, Italian actor and singer


Cignaroli

Giambettino Cignaroli, Italian painter


Boccioni

Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter


Guariento

Guariento di Arpo, Italian painter


Roncalli

Giuseppe Angelo Roncalli, Italian pope (John XXIII)


Redi

Francesco Redi, Italian scientist


Cesarotti

Melchiorre Cesarotti, Italian writer


Galiazzo

A variant of the personal name Galeazzo.


Errigo

Arianna Errigo, Italian fencer


Mantegna

Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter


Venditti

Antonello Venditti, Italian singer and songwriter


Vezzali

Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer


Tartini

Giuseppe Tartini, Italian musician and composer


De Nicola

Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician and first President of Italy


Gadda

Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian writer


Boito

Arrigo Boito, Italian writer


Naccari

Andrea Naccari, Italian physician


De Chirico

Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter


Duse

Eleonora Duse, Italian actress


Mattarella

Sergio Mattarella, Italian politician and twelfth President of Italy


Monti

Mario Monti, Italian politician and economist


Cossiga

Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician and eighth President of Italy


Scalfaro

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian politician and ninth President of Italy


Torricelli

English: Torricelli

Most likely from Italian meaning little tower:[[torre]] for tower and diminutive suffix [[cello]] in the plural.

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Evangelista Torricelli, Italian scientist


Saragat

Giuseppe Saragat, Italian politician and fifth President of Italy


Merisi

Michelangelo Merisi, Italian painter, better known as Caravaggio


Fo

winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature


Pertini

Sandro Pertini, Italian politician and seventh President of Italy


Segni

Habitational surname from Segni in Lazio, from Latin Signia.

Antonio Segni, Italian politician and fourth President of Italy


Conte

Antonio Conte, Italian football/soccer trainer


Mancini

From mancino (“left-handed”), derived from manco (“imperfect, maimed”).


Santoro

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


Agnesi

Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician


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


Littizzetto

Luciana Littizzetto, Italian comedy actress


Parmitano

Luca Parmitano, Italian astronaut


Curiel

Eugenio Curiel, Italian patriot and physician


Zichichi

Antonino Zichichi, Italian physician


Modiano

Sami Modiano, Italian writer


Pulci

Luigi Pulci, Italian poet


De Santis

English: DeSantis


Cristoforetti

Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut


Napolitano

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


Mercadante

Saverio Mercadante, Italian composer


Almagià

Roberto Almagià, Italian naturalist and explorer


Silvestri

→ English: Silvestri

Daniele Silvestri, an Italian singer


Pincherle

Salvatore Pincherle, Italian mathematician


Foà

Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and film director


Acerbi

Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian naturalist and explorer


Mimun

Clemente Mimun, Italian journalist


Schiaparelli

English: Schiaparelli

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer


Ovadia

From Hebrew עובדיה (“servant of Yahweh”).

Moni Ovadia, Italian actor, writer and theatrical author


Segrè

Emilio Segrè (1905–1989), Italian physicist

Alternative form of Segre: a Jewish surname


Majorana

Ettore Majorana, Italian physicist


Pontecorvo

Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physician


Bonolis

Paolo Bonolis, Italian anchorman and comedian


Balla

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

Giacomo Balla, Italian painter


Golgi

Camillo Golgi, Italian scientist, winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Medicine


Treves

Emilio Treves, Italian journalist and editor


Venier

Borrowed from Venetian Venier, probably from Latin Venerius, a given name from that of the goddess Venus (whence Venere). Doublet of Venerio.

Mara Venier (born 1950), Italian actress and television presenter


Greggio

Ezio Greggio, Italian anchorman and comedian


Lerner

Gad Lerner, Italian journalist and anchorman


Tremonti

Giulio Tremonti, Italian politician


Natta

Giulio Natta, Italian chemist


Moneta

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian journalist and patriot


Cagnotto

Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver


Abbagnale

Giuseppe Abbagnale, Italian rower


Dibiasi

Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver


Satriani

Joe Satriani, American guitarist of Italian descent


Chechi

Jury Chechi, Italian gymnast


Dossi

Carlo Dossi, Italian writer


Dallapé

Francesca Dallapé, Italian diver


Bersani

Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian politician


Capuana

Luigi Capuana, Italian writer


Serao

Matilde Serao, Italian writer


Tarchetti

Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, Italian writer


Mennea

Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete


Collina

Pierluigi Collina, Italian football/soccer referee


Bellucci

Monica Bellucci, Italian actress


Luzi

Mario Luzi, Italian writer


Nadi

Nedo Nadi, Italian fencer


Casini

Pier Ferdinando Casini, Italian politician


Galvani

Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and anatomist


Tozzi

Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer


Trillini

Giovanna Trillini, Italian fencer


D'Inzeo

Raimondo D'Inzeo, Italian athlete


Murri

Augusto Murri, Italian doctor


Gozzano

Guido Gozzano, Italian poet


Marrone

Tito Marrone, Italian poet


Soffici

Ardengo Soffici, Italian writer and poet


Depero

Fortunato Depero, Italian painter and sculptor


Marinetti

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer and poet


Sanguineti

Edoardo Sanguineti, Italian writer and poet


Altamura

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


Scafati

From Latin scapha ("skiff"), because lots of these boats were used to navigate the near river Sarno.


Modica

Borrowed from Sicilian Mòdica, from Latin Motyca.


Panaro

Metonymic occupational surname for a baker, from Latin panarium (“bread basket”).


Oberdan

Guglielmo Oberdan, Italian patriot


Combi

Carlo Combi, Italian patriot


Poerio

Alessandro Poerio, Italian patriot and poet


Fornaciari

Adelmo Fornaciari, Italian singer


Salata

Francesco Salata, Italian politician


Rismondo

Francesco Rismondo, Italian patriot


Aru

Fabio Aru, Italian cyclist


Bonino

Emma Bonino, Italian politician


Spinelli

Altiero Spinelli, Italian politician and writer


Naro

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


Letta

Enrico Letta, Italian politician


Sauro

Nazario Sauro, Italian patriot


Mogherini

English: Mogherini


Renzi

Originally a plural of Renzo, a diminutive of the male given name Lorenzo (“Lawrence”).

Matteo Renzi (born 1975), Italian politician


Fogazzaro

Antonio Fogazzaro, Italian writer


Carpaccio

Vittore Carpaccio, Italian painter


Rapisardi

Mario Rapisardi, Italian poet


D'Acquisto

Salvo D'Acquisto, Italian policeman and martyr


Santorio

Santorio Santorio, Italian physiologist


De Amicis

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Edmondo De Amicis, Italian writer


Collodi

Carlo Collodi, Italian writer


Turati

Filippo Turati, Italian politician


Vergerio

Pietro Paolo Vergerio, Italian bishop


Moschino

Franco Moschino, Italian designer


Gabbana

Stefano Gabbana, Italian designer


Fiorucci

Elio Fiorucci, Italian designer


Boaga

Giovanni Boaga, Italian mathematician


Tacchini

Sergio Tacchini, Italian designer


Ferragamo

Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian designer


Pucci

Emilio Pucci, Italian designer


Missoni

Ottavio Missoni, Italian designer


Prada

Miuccia Prada, Italian designer


Biagiotti

From the plural of Biagio (“Blaise”) + -otto (diminutive suffix), a surname derived from Biagio.

affix

Laura Biagiotti, Italian designer


Trussardi

Nicola Trussardi, Italian designer


Desio

Ardito Desio, Italian explorer


Gucci

English: gucci, Gucci

A variant of the Old Italian name Uguccione, a diminutive meliorative form of Ugo through the suffix -uccio, found primarily in Tuscany.

Guccio Gucci, Italian designer


Chinnici

Rocco Chinnici, Italian Antimafia magistrate


Puglisi

Pino Puglisi, Italian priest who challenged the Mafia


Impastato

→ English: Impastato

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


Crispi

Francesco Crispi, Italian politician


Mondaini

Sandra Mondaini, Italian actress and television host


Parri

Ferruccio Parri, Italian politician


Salandra

Antonio Salandra, Italian politician


La Malfa

Ugo La Malfa, Italian politician


La Pira

Giorgio La Pira, Italian politician


Salvemini

Gaetano Salvemini, Italian politician


Rosselli

Carlo Rosselli, Italian politician


Abatantuono

Diego Abatantuono, Italian actor


Fracci

Carla Fracci, Italian ballet dancer


Vianello

Raimondo Vianello, Italian actor and television host


Bongiorno

Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host


Procida

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


Veltroni

Walter Veltroni, Italian politician


Gullotta

Leo Gullotta, Italian actor


Ammaniti

Niccolò Ammaniti, Italian writer


Corcos

Vittorio Matteo Corcos, Italian painter


Bajamonti

Antonio Bajamonti, Italian politician


Luxardo

Franco Luxardo, Italian entrepreneur


Tommaseo

Niccolò Tommaseo, Italian linguist and writer


Fattori

Giovanni Fattori, Italian painter


De Nittis

Giuseppe De Nittis, Italian painter


Tornatore

Occupational surname for a turner, from tornio (“lathe”).

Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian film director


Pennetta

Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennist player


Errani

Sara Errani, Italian tennis player


Panatta

Adriano Panatta, Italian tennist player


Pietrangeli

Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennist player


Schiavone

Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player


Infantino

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


Noto

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


Cassini

English: Cassini

French: Cassini

Patronymic/plural form of a diminutive of Cassio. Compare Cassina, Cassino, Cassine.


Sbarbaro

Camillo Sbarbaro, Italian writer and poet


Neroni

English: Neroni


Valsalva

English: Valsalva


Costa

English: Costa


Ricciardo

English: Ricciardo


Comboni

Daniele Comboni, Italian missionary


Carnera

Primo Carnera, Italian boxer


Santino

English: Santino


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.


Eugeni

Patronymic or plural form of the personal name Eugenio.


Dardano

English: Dardano

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


Pinna

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


Zito

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


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.


Regge

Compare the noun reggia (“royal palace, residence”).


Gentileschi

From Gentile (a masculine given name from Latin gentīlis “clansman, kinsman”) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).

(feminine) Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656), Italian painter

(masculine) Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639), Italian painter, father of Artemisia


Anguissola

Sofonisba Anguissola, an Italian paintress


Adinolfi

From the given name Adinolfo, variant of Adolfo.


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.


Ventura

French: Ventura


Bosio

Ferdinando Bosio, Italian patriot


Cecere

From an unattested Vulgar Latin *cicerem, accusative masculine of Latin cicer. Compare Sicilian cìciru (italianized, as a surname, as Cicero) and Latin Cicero.


Mancuso

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


Morabito

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


Rao

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


Testa

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


Lovato

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

suffix

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Rinaldi

a surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Rinaldo and cognate to English Reynolds


Fazio

From a shortened form of the personal name Bonifacio.


Rubino

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


Garofalo

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


Capone

English: Capone


Gambino

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


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”).


Cipriano

Corsican: Ciprianu

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Santangelo

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


Marchetti

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Marco.


Sanfilippo

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


Riccio

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


Motta

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


Colucci

Aphesis of Nicolucci, a pluralized form of the pet name Nicoluccio, from Nicola (“Nicholas”) + -uccio (diminutive suffix). Doublet of Colussi.


Ciccone

From an augmentative form of the rare personal name Cicco.


Fiorentino

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


Monteleone

From any of various places called Monteleone, from monte (“mountain, mount”) + leone (“lion”).


Giardina

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


Scalise

English: Scalise


Giannini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Giovanni (“John”).


Cavallaro

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


Berardi

From the personal name Berardo. Compare Sicilian Biraudu (italianized as Beraudo).


Riccardi

From the personal name Riccardo (“Richard”).


Pecoraro

Occupational surname, from pecoraro (“shepherd”).


Capobianco

English: Capobianco

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


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.


Masi

Patronymic/plural form of Maso, shortened from the personal name Tommaso, a from of Thomas.


Molinari

From molinaro, variant of mugnaio (“miller”).


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


Peranda

Sante Peranda, Italian painter


Squarcione

Francesco Squarcione, Italian painter


Guarana

Jacopo Guarana, Italian painter


Anichini

Luigi Anichini, Italian jewelry-maker


Carriera

Rosalba Carriera, Italian paintress


Sermonti

Vittorio Sermonti, Italian writer


Oliboni

Silvio Oliboni, 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.


Rizzi

English: Rizzi

French: Rizzi


Guerriero

Occupational surname from guerriero (“warrior”).


Cammarata

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


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


Candela

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


Cannella

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


Renda

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


Colonna

English: Colonna

French: Colonna


Cerrone

From Cerro + -one (augmentative suffix).


Rizzuto

→ English: Rizzuto

→ French: Rizzuto

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


Vallone

From Valle (topographic surname) + -one (augmentative suffix).


Sciortino

→ English: Sciortino

From Arabic شُرْطِيّ (šurṭiyy, “policeman”).


Nicastro

Italian: habitational name from the city Nicastro in the Catanzaro province of southern Italy named from Latin Neocastrum ‘new camp’ from medieval Greek Neokastron ‘new castle.’


Riggio

Variant of Reggio, a habitational surname.


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”).


Nicolosi

From the personal name Nicoloso, variant of Nicola.


Procopio

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


Baratta

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


Iacono

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


Segre

Disputed: it may be derived from French Segré, a municipality in Maine-et-Loire, of uncertain origin; or from Catalan Segre, the name of a river along the French-Spanish border, from Latin Sicoris, of uncertain Proto-Celtic origin.

Cesare Segre (1928–2014), Italian philologist and semiotician

Liliana Segre (born 1930), Italian Holocaust survivor


Ruggeri

From the given name Ruggero (cognate with English Roger).


Tassone

From the surname Tasso + -one (augmentative suffix).


Meli

Patronymic from a reduced form of the personal name Carmelo.


Mollica

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


Bommarito

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


Asaro

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


Guzzo

Translingual: Guzzo

English: Guzzo

French: Guzzo

Portuguese: Guzzo


Traina

Habitational surname from the older name of Troina, a Sicilian town.


Leonardi

From the given name Leonardo (“Leonard”).


Giuliani

Patronymic from the personal name Giuliano.


Paolucci

Patronymic surname from a diminutive of the personal name Paolo (“Paul”).


Failla

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


Simonelli

Patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Simone.


Spadaro

Southern variant of spadaio (“sword-maker”).


Bonfiglio

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


Paolini

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


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.


Angelini

Literally, “son of Angelino”, from Angelino, equivalent to the diminutive of Angelo or Angeli.


Gaudio

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


Trovato

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


Triolo

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


Mirabella

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

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Mirabella Imbaccari
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Notaro

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


Iannone

it-proper noun

Iannone m or f by sense (plural Iannoni)

From Ianni + -one (augmentative suffix) from Latin Iōhannēs, Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).


Buffa

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


Craxi

Borrowed from Sicilian Craxi, Craxì, obsolete spelling using x for /ʃ/. Doublet of Crasci and Crascì, adapted in pronunciation. Compare crasi.

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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”.


Crisafulli

Italianized form of a Byzantine Greek personal name.


Filippone

English: Filippone


Nuccio

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


Guidi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Guido.


Loi

Clipped form of the Sardinian nickname Balloi.


Vitello

From a pet form of the personal name Vito.


Salemi

Borrowed from Sicilian Salemi, probably from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Cfr. Hebrew שלום (shalóm). Doublet of Sallemi and Salemme


Laguardia

English: Laguardia


Caracciolo

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


Rispoli

English: Rispoli


Masucci

Shortened form of the surname Tommasucci.


Spadafora

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


Mondello

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


Chiaramonte

a surname, equivalent to English Clairmont


Baldi

English: Baldi


Riva

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


Bivona

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


Cacciatore

English: Cacciatore

Spanish: Cacciatore

Cacciatore: a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Hunter


Labriola

→ English: Labriola

→ French: Labriolle


Vicario

Occupational surname from vicario (“vicar”).


Cordaro

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


Granato

English: Granato

French: Granato


Mirabile

Originally a nickname, from mirabile (“admirable”).


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.


Hauschild

Unadapted borrowing from German Hauschild.


Vinciguerra

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


Siragusa

Borrowed from Sicilian Saragusa (“Syracuse”).


Belcastro

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


Altomare

Patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Aldemaro. The surname was probably influenced by the expression alto mare (“high seas”).


Calcaterra

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


Maiorana

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


Leggio

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


Conigliaro

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


Lorenzi

From the given name Lorenzo (“Lawrence”).


Fragale

Probably a topographic surname for someone who lived near a strawberry field, from fragola (“strawberry”).


Giudice

Occupational surname from giudice (“judge”).


Ferrucci

English: Ferrucci


Melfi

Said to be related to the name of the small nearby river Melpes, Melphes, mentioned by Pliny. According to De Giovanni this name is from a Mediterranean (possibly Italic, like the Oenotrians) substrate *melf, *melp, of uncertain meaning, but compare Melpis and Melpum.


Crocco

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


Andreoli

Patronymic from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Andrea.


Scolaro

Occupational surname, from scolaro (“scholar”).


Burgio

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


Termini

Habitational surname from the town of Termini Imerese.


Isola

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


Orofino

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


Giannotti

From the given name Giovanni (“John”) with the masculine plural suffix -otti.


Apicella

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


Ranalli

Variant typical of Abruzzo of the patronymic Rinaldi.


Furnari

Occupational surname from Late Latin furnārius (“baker”).


Bontempo

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


Selva

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


Pili

Perhaps from a Sardinian word related to Italian pelo (“hair”).


Savastano

Southern variant of the personal name Sebastiano.


Surace

From Arabic سُرَّاق (surrāq, “thieves”).


Santacroce

Habitational surname, from any of the various places called Santa Croce.


Saitta

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


Rega

→ English: Rega


Barbagallo

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


Teresi

From the personal name Teresa (“Theresa”).


Sorce

Nickname for someone thought to resemble a mouse, from sorce (“mouse”).


Spinosa

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


Falvo

English: Falvo


Saputo

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


D'Angelo

Patronymic from the personal name Angelo.


Radice

From radice (“root”), a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of root vegetables.


Cataldi

Patronymic from the personal name Cataldo.


Caligiuri

From the sonorization of the Sicilian surname Caliciuri, a surname derived from caulu (“cabbage”) + ciuri (“flower”). Compare Italian Caligiore and Calafiore. Cognate with cavolfiore.


Privitera

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


Ciaramitaro

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


Priore

Occupational surname from priore (“prior”).


Salce

Probably a habitational surname from a small village near Belluno, in Veneto.


Bonsignore

From a variant of buon (“good”) + signore (“lord”).


Famiglietti

English: Famiglietti


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).


Giannelli

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Giovanni (“John”).


Mantia

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


Mogavero

From Arabic مُحَارِب (muḥārib, “warrior”).


Noce

Topographic surname for someone who lived where nut trees grew, from noce (“nut”).


Spatola

English: Spatola


Badolato

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


Caiazzo

From Latin Caiatia under possible influence from -azzo (“forming pejoratives and diminutives”), of uncertain origin.


Finelli

From a pet form of the rare male given name Fino.


Frigo

From a short form of the personal name Federico.


Cantone

Topographic surname, from cantone (“corner, nook”).


Scavo

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


Ventre

From ventre (“belly”), a nickname for someone with a prominent belly.


Massari

Occupational surname, from massaro (“bailiff, farmer”).


Carelli

Probably a patronymic surname from a medieval personal name Carello, diminutive of caro (“dear”).


Ficarra

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


Parrinello

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


Bartolomei

Patronymic from the personal name Bartolomeo.


Paolillo

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


Mangone

Most likely and in most cases, Mangone seems to represent a word that is widespread in the South of Italy for “left-handed” or “awkward.” In Calabria, it could also derive from the placename Mangone in the province of Cosenza, which in turn may represent L. mango, “slavetrader.” In some cases it could be related to the French surname Mangon, “butcher.” On the other hand, Michele Francipane in his Dizionario dei cognomi italiani (2005) connects Mangone unequivocally with It. mangano, "mangle," as it relates to the manufacture of cloth.


Alesi

English: Alesi

French: Alesi


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”).


Pacetti

From pace (“peace”) + -etto (diminutive suffix) + -i (plural).


Marangoni

Borrowed from Venetian marangon (“carpenter”), ultimately from Latin mergus (“diver, loon”); see there for more.

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a Venetian surname originating as an occupation


Sperandio

English: Sperandio

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


Norbiato

a surname from Venetian. typical of Veneto


Allegretti

Patronymic from the rare personal name Allegretto.


Maimone

A Sicilian surname derived from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “lucky, prosperous”).


Pardi

Patronymic from the personal name Pardo.

a surname transferred from the given name


Abbatiello

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


Annese

From a variant of the personal name Agnese.


Pagani

English: Pagani

French: Pagani


Stanzione

From an augmentative of stanza (“room”).


Vitagliano

From a variant of the personal name Vitaliano.


Cafiero

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


Tessitore

Occupational surname, from tessitore (“weaver”).


Reitano

Borrowed from Sicilian Rijitanu. Compare Italian reggiano and reggino.


Mazzara

Habitational surname from the Sicilian city of Mazara del Vallo.


Centanni

From cento (“hundred”) + anni (“years”).


Sisti

Patronymic surname from the personal name Sisto.


Ingenito

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


Schembri

Uncertain origin. Borrowed surname from Sicilian Schembri, after eventual italianization. Further etymology could be related to Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros). Expected, and unattested, orthographic Sicilian could in any case shift from Schìmmari to Schimmri variant spellings.


Arcaro

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


Previte

From the Sicilian surname Prèviti, from prèviti (“priest”).


Guarneri

Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, Italian luthier from the Guarneri family of Cremona and having one only rival Antonio Stradivari


Filippini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Filippo (“Philip”).


Giarratano

Habitational surname for someone from Giarre, in Sicily.


Arca

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


Funaro

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


Pernice

From pernice (“partridge”), probably a nickname.


Costantini

Patronymic from the personal name Costantino.


Paltrinieri

Perhaps from Old French pautonier, paltonier (“rogue”).


Fittipaldi

English: Fittipaldi

French: Fittipaldi

German: Fittipaldi

Portuguese: Fittipaldi

Spanish: Fittipaldi

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→ Chinese: → 菲蒂帕爾迪／菲蒂帕尔迪 (Fēidìpà'ěrdí) (transliteration)


Zingaro

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


Soderini

From an old male given name Sodero (+ -ino: diminutive Soderino), probably from Ancient Greek σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “saviour/savior”). Compare Salvatore.

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Piero Soderini (1451–1522), Florentine statesman


Chilone

From Latin Chilo, related to Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).


Volante

From volante (“flying”), a nickname for a nimble or agile person.


Mazzanti

Derivative of mazza (“mace, bat, staff”), thus probably an occupational surname for a worker who used a mace.


Padovano

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


Contardo

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


Almirante

Occupational surname from almirante, older form of ammiraglio (“admiral”).


Bugatti

English: Bugatti

French: Bugatti


Pacomio

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


Novella

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


Pininfarina

English: Pininfarina


Gotti

English: Gotti


Nitto

English: Nitto


Scaramucci

English: Scaramucci

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→ Chinese: → 斯卡拉穆奇 (Sīkǎlāmùqí) (transliteration)


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.


Di Pietro

English: Di Pietro

→ Chinese: → 迪彼得羅／迪彼得罗 (Díbǐdéluó) (transliteration)


Ligorio

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


Romiti

From the plural of romito (“hermit, lonely person”), vulgarisation of Late Latin erēmīta.


Del Vecchio

From del + vecchio. Literally, “from the old one”


Lento

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


Dallara

English: Dallara


Dall'Ara

English: Dallara


Belvedere

Habitational surname, from any of various places in Italy called Belvedere.


Macaluso

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


Stradivari

Antonio Stradivari, Italian luthier from Cremona, Italy


Salvini

English: Salvini


Fede

a metronymic surname transferred from the given name


Di Maio

→ English: DiMaio


Callegari

Occupational surname, from Latin caligārius (“shoemaker”).


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


Guarnaschelli

English: Guarnaschelli


Fieri

English: Fieri

Along with the surname Feroci, from feroce (“fierce”).


Giovinazzi

English: Giovinazzi


Fauci

From the Sicilian surname Fauci, from fauci (“sickle”).


Dallago

English: Dallago

German: Dallago

French: Dallago

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

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


Bellavista

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


Andretti

→ English: Andretti

English: Mario Andretti

French: Mario Andretti

→ French: Andretti


Ganassi

English: Ganassi

French: Ganassi

German: Ganassi

→ Chinese: → 加納西／加纳西 (Jiānàxī) (transliteration)


Cinotti

English: Cinotti

French: Cinotti

German: Cinotti


Garcetti

English: Garcetti


Cotroni

English: Cotroni

French: Cotroni


Mazzetti

English: Mazzetti


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.


Boiardi

English: Boyardee


Fois

From a Sardinian nickname related to Latin bōs (“ox”).


Lancia

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


Guastavillani

Verb-object compound, composed of guasta (“to ruin, to damage”) + villani (“peasants”).


Seccadenari

From seccare (“to dry, wither”) + denari (“money”).


Cavalcabò

Verb-object compound, composed of cavalca (“to ride”) + bò (“ox”) (dialectal; compare bue).

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Chiti

English: Chiti


Confalonieri

From a variation of gonfaloniere (“standard-bearer”).


Cuffaro

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


Degani

From decano (“dean, doyen”), through Venetian.


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.


Salemme

Borrowed from Neapolitan Salemme, probably from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Cfr. Hebrew שלום (shalóm). Doublet of Salemi and Sallemi


Agresti

A nickname for a peasant or countryman, from agreste (“rural, rustic”).


Occhipinti

From occhi (“eyes”) + pinti (“painted”).


Piperno

From Latin Privernum. Doublet of Priverno.


Maugeri

From the Sicilian surname Maugeri, from maugeri (“herdsman”).


Rametta

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


Bonafede

A nickname from bona (“good”) + fede (“faith”).


Saccavino

English: Saccavino

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


Savatteri

Borrowed from Sicilian Savatteri, Borrowed from Sicilian savatteri (“slipper maker”), from Sicilian savatta (“slipper”). Compare ciabatta.


Sette

See sette (“seven”), as in Sette Comuni ("seven comuni").


Dell'Utri

Calque of the omonymous Sicilian surname, from Sicilian di l'utri (literally “related to goatskin”).


Isnardi

From the medieval personal name Isnardo.


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.


Consoli

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


Servidio

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


Abbaleo

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


Alafaci

From Greek ελαφάκι (elafáki, “fawn, young deer”).


Maffucci

English: Maffucci


Azzarà

→ English: Azzara


Frigerio

From the Lombard name for the hackberry.


Bernardeschi

From Bernardo (a masculine given name) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).


Bucolo

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


Portinari

From Late Latin portinarius, portonarius (“someone in charge of defending the gates of a city”).


Della Robbia

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


Calafiore

From the Sicilian surname Caliciuri, a surname derived from caulu (“cabbage”) + ciuri (“flower”). Compare Italian Caligiore and Caligiuri. Cognate with cavolfiore.


Davizzi

From the Italian given name Davizzo, variant of Davide.


Rondinelli

A nickname from a diminutive of rondine (“swallow”).


Lograsso

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


Piccardo

From piccardo (“inhabitant of Picardy”).


Cannavaro

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


Gabrielleschi

From Gabriele (a masculine given name) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).


Zantedeschi

→ Translingual: Zantedeschia


Di Virgilio

→ English: DiVirgilio


Carnesecchi

From carne (“flesh, meat”) + secca (“dry”), an occupational surname for a butcher.


La Russa

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


Cirilli

Patronymic derived from the given name Cirillo.


Codispoti

Calabrian surname from Greek οικοδεσπότης (oikodespótis, “host”).

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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 (kókkux, “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”).


De Fino

→ English: Defino


Capitano

Occupational surname, from capitano (“captain”).


Lepre

From lepre (“hare”), nickname for a fleet-footed or timid person.


Aricò

→ English: Arico


Cattelan

From Venetian catełan (“Catalan, from Catalonia”), in reference to the origins of the people it was first given to. Doublet of catalano and Catalano.


Fanara

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


Marieschi

From Mario (a masculine given name) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).


Marchionne

From an old variant of Melchiorre. Compare Neapolitan Melchionna.


Mastronardi

From mastro (“mister”) + Nardi (“an Italian surname”).


Giacomini

Patronymic derived from a hypocoristic form Giacomo + -ino.


Di Grazia

→ English: Digrazia


Buonamici

From buoni (“good”) + amici (“friends”).


Lazzari

Patronymic surname from the given name Lazzaro (“Lazarus”).


Orrico

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


Di Mascio

→ English: Dimascio


Liistro

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


Nannini

→ English: Nannini

Portuguese: Nanini

Spanish: Nanini

English: Nanini

desc

→ Chinese: → 南尼尼 (Nánníní) (transliteration)


Corongiu

Perhaps a habitational surname for someone who lived near a rocky place.


Colussi

From the Friulian and Venetian pet names for “Nick”. By surface analysis, Nicola (“Nicholas”) + -uccio (diminutive suffix). Doublet of the Southern surname Colucci, derived analogously from a previous Nicolucci.


Lodde

A nickname, from Sardinian lodde (“fox”).


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”).


Nieddu

Borrowed from Sardinian nieddu (“black”).


Crobu

Perhaps from Sardinian crobu (“crow”) or from a local placename.


Sedda

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


Delogu

Perhaps from Sardinian de (“of”) + logu (“place”).


Starace

Southern Italian surname, from the Greek personal name Σταυράκης (Stavrákis), a diminutive of Σταύρος (Stávros).


Nauclerio

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


Marongiu

From Sardinian marongiu (“the act of hoeing”), from marra (“hoe, digging tool”).


Trudu

From Sardinian trudu (“thrush”). Compare tordo (“thrush”).


Nasta

From a reduced form of the personal name Anastasio.


Nazzari

Patronymic surname, from the personal name Nazzaro.


Uccheddu

From Sardinian uccheddu (“eyelet”). Compare occhiello.


Chirigu

From a Sardinian personal name similar to Italian Chirico.


Nuciforo

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


Atzori

Perhaps from Spanish azor (“goshawk”) or, more probably, from a lost Sardinian toponym.


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.


Matzeu

Probably a Sardinian variant of the surname Mazzeo.


Deidda

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


Ciccu

A Sardinian patronymic surname, probably derived from an hypocoristic form of the personal name Francesco.


Siddu

Perhaps from Sardinian siddu (“seal”). Compare sigillo.


Aufiero

Neapolitan variant of the surname Alfieri.


Sanzone

Sanzone, originally spelled Sansone, is from the Biblical Samson, whose superhuman strength is always inspirational to the underdog. But, since there were a host of minor Catholic saints named for Samson as well, the popularity of this surname in Italy could be owing more to these saints than to the inspirational nature of the Old Testament hero.


Cherchi

Probably from a Sardinian variant of the given name Chirico. Compare Chirigu.


Naitana

Probably a toponymic surname from a lost settlement in Sardinia.


Pancrazi

Patronymic surname, from the male given name Pancrazio.


Papaianni

From papa (“Orthodox priest”) + Ianni (“variant of the personal name Giovanni”).


Desogus

From de (“of, from”) + Sogus, a Sardinian toponym.


Papaleo

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


Doneddu

Perhaps from Sardinian doneddu (“small gift”).


Onnis

Perhaps a Sardinian habitational surname.


Cadeddu

From Sardinian cadeddu (“puppy, whelp”), from Latin catellus.


Brau

English: Brau

Most prevalent in Sardinia. Borrowed from Sardinian, derived from a dialectal variant of the adjective bravo (“wild, untamed”). This surname is also found in Catalan and Occitan.


Pascali

Patronymic surname, from the male given name Pasquale.


Onestini

Patronymic surname, from an hypocoristic form of the male given name Onesto.


Deiana

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


Poletti

Patronymic surname, from a hypocoristic form of the male given name Polo.


Noferi

From a variant of the male given name Onofrio.


Petrilli

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Pietro.


Defraia

From Sardinian. Further etymology unclear.


Migaleddu

From a Sardinian hypocoristic form of the male given name Michele.


Canu

From Sardinian canu (“hoary-haired”), from Latin canus.


Orrù

From Sardinian orrù (“bramble”), which is from Latin rubus (“bramble; blackberry”).


Carrogu

Perhaps from Sardinian carroga (“carrion crow”).


Murtas

Perhaps from Sardinian murta (“myrtle”).


Gioi

Perhaps from Sardinian gioi (“Thursday”).


Corrias

Perhaps from Sardinian corria (“leather strap, thong”).


Primiceri

From primicerio (“head of a brotherhood”).


Fabro

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


Madau

Perhaps from Sardinian madau (“fold, enclosure for sheep”).


Chessa

Probably from Sardinian chersa (“lentisk”).


Pittau

From a Sardinian hypocoristic form of the personal name Sebastiano.


Monaldeschi

From Monaldo (a masculine given name) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).


Lazzareschi

From Lazzaro (a masculine given name) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).


Accurso

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


Saccà

From Arabic سَقَى (saqā, “to water, give water”), an occupational surname for a water carrier.


Vitelleschi

From vitello (calf) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).


Cenci

From the medieval personal name Cencio, a pet form of Vincenzo.


Samà

From the Greek personal name Σαμάς (Samás), from the biblical name Shimeah, from Hebrew צשַׁמעָא, שַׁמַעָה (compare the verb שְׁמַע (“to hear, listen”)).

Hebrew צשַׁמעָא


Quadarella

English: Quadarella


Florenzi

Patronymic surname, from the personal name Florenzio.


Scifo

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


Scibilia

Borrowed from Sicilian Xibilia (or nowadays Scibbilia).


Falanga

From Sicilian falanga (“plank, gangplank, temporary bridge; fence”).


Sgrò

Ultimately from Byzantine Greek σγουρός (sgourós, “curly”).


Sarracino

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


Panebianco

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


Petruzzelli

From a double diminutive of the male given name Pietro.


Albertazzi

Ultimately from the male given name Alberto.


Teta

Spelling variant of Teti, a personal name.


Stefanizzi

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Stefano.


Baseggio

From the Venetian variant of the personal name Basilio.

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


Tanasi

From Sicilian Tanasi. Compare the male given name Atanasio.


Mangiaracina

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


Iseppi

From Iseppo, variant of the personal name Giuseppe.


Addeo

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


Bacigalupo

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


De Angelis

→ English: DeAngelis


Ruvolo

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


Ferlinghetti

English: Ferlinghetti


Tagliabue

Translingual: tagliabuanus

→ English: Tagliabue

→ Spanish: Tagliabúe

Verb-object compound, composed of taglia (“to cut”) + bue (“ox”).


Nicolardi

Ultimately from the personal name Nicola.


Scibetta

Clipping of Calascibetta or, otherwise, from Sicilian Xibbetta.


Filippucci

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Filippo.


De Bono

→ English: Debono


Di Bartolo

→ English: DiBartolo

From di (“of”) + Bartolo (“a male given name, variant of Bartolomeo”).


Di Franco

→ English: DiFranco

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


Mandosio

→ French: Mandosio

Prospero Mandosio, b. 1643


Di Stefano

→ English: DiStefano


Di Vincenzo

→ English: DiVincenzo

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


Giangreco

A patronymic surname, from Gian + Greco.


Ottobrini

From ottobrino (“of October”), a nickname for someone born in October.


Lo Monaco

→ English: Lomonaco


De Mauro

→ English: Demauro


Reggiani

From reggiano (“native of Reggio Emilia”).


Perniciaro

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


Vitellaro

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


Gherardini

From a diminutive form of the personal name Gherardo.


Testagrossa

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


Mezzapelle

From mezza (“half”) + pelle (“skin, hide”).


Vadalà

→ English: Vadala

From Sicilian surname derived from the Arabic personal name عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh, “servant of God”).


Cosmi

From the personal name Cosmo, variant of Cosimo.


Malafronte

From mala (“bad”) + fronte (“forehead”).


De Crescenzo

→ English: Decrescenzo


Robustelli

Hypocoristic form of the surname Robusti.


La Grangia

la + grangia. Cognate with French Lagrange.


Calaprice

Perhaps from Latin calabrīx (“buckthorn”).


Gioè

From a variant of the personal name Gioele.


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


Di Russo

→ English: Dirusso


Calzolari

Occupational surname from calzolaro, variant of calzolaio (“shoemaker”).


Macrì

From Latin macer (“lean, meager”) or Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long, tall”).


Capraro

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


Tornabene

Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to return”) + bene (“well”).


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


Del Bene

→ English: Delbene


Boschi

From bosco (“wood, forest”), due to the fact that the bearers of this surname either lived near a forest or were woodcutters.

a habitational surname, equivalent to English Woods or Forest


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”).


Colantonio

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


Dalmazzi

From the personal name Dalmazzo, variant of Dalmazio.


D'Ignazio

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


D'Oronzo

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


De Carolis

→ English: Decarolis


Di Loreto

→ English: DiLoreto


D'Orazio

→ English: Dorazio


Vian

From a Venetian variant of the personal name Viviano.


Stefaneschi

From Stefano (a masculine given name) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).


Russi

The surname is probably a southern variant of Rossi.


Fragalà

English: Fregly, Fregley


Frangipane

Verb-object compound, composed of frangi (“to break”) + pane (“bread”).


Sambonifacio

From the town of San Bonifacio, in Veneto.


Gallinari

Occupational surname, from Latin gallīnārius (“poultry farmer”).


Berardinelli

From Berardino (a masculine given name) + -elli (plural form of the hypocoristic suffix -ello).


Gennarini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Gennaro.


Giacobbo

From a variant of the personal name Giacobbe.


Gioviale

From gioviale (“cheerful, happy, jovial”).


Giurato

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


Giustini

From the personal name Giustino (“Justin”).


Buoncristiano

From buon (“good”) + cristiano (“Christian”).


Marigo

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


De Vincentis

→ English: Devincentis, DeVincent


Cirone

From the personal name Ciro (“Cyrus”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


Scarpino

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


Iuliano

From a variant of the personal name Giuliano.


Quartararo

English: Quartararo

French: Quartararo


Maserati

English: Maserati


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”).


Maiore

From maiore, archaic form of maggiore (“bigger, greater”).


Malgeri

From of the Sicilian surname Maugeri, from maugeri (“herdsman”); the old liquid consonant has been reintroduced for anagraphical purposes. Otherwise it derives from one (or more than one) Vulgar Latin stratum and it never when through the gliding process.


Mirabelli

Patronymic and habitational surname, from one of the various persons and places called Mirabello.


Bellantoni

Nickname derived from bello (“nice, beautiful”) + Antonio (“Anthony”).


Zorzi

From the Venetian variant of the personal name Giorgio.


Martire

From martire (“martyr”), probably used as a nickname.


Mastrodicasa

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


Filippazzi

Ultimately from the personal name Filippo.


Maurelli

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Mauro.


Ormanni

From Ormanno, a variant of the personal name Ermanno.


Pietrostefani

From a compound of the personal names Pietro (“Peter”) + Stefano (“Stephen”).


Todisco

Variant of Tedesco. Compare Sicilian Tudiscu.


Del Rosso

→ English: Delrosso


Misso

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


Cestaro

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


Del Priore

→ English: Delpriore


Curti

From Neapolitan curto (“short”), a surname for a short person.


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.


Di Mare

→ English: Dimare


Nocerino

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


Signoroni

From Signori + -oni (augmentative suffix).


Pestagalli

Verb-object compound, composed of pesta (“to crush, to trample”) + galli (“roosters”).


Territo

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


D'Adamo

→ English: Dadamo


Dioguardi

From Dio (“God”) + guardare (“to look after, guard”).


Palombelli

Hypocoristic form of the surname Palombo.


Sangiuliano

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


D'Addona

→ English: Daddona


Di Gilio

→ English: Digilio


Parlato

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


Pellicciari

From pellicciaro, variant of pellicciaio (“furrier”).


Montemagno

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


De Blasio

→ English: de Blasio

Froma a variant of the personal name Biagio.


Piacente

A nickname from piacente (“attractive, pleasing”).


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.


Baglio

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


Podda

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


Marcolini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Marco.


Podestà

→ English: Podesta


Cannatella

English: Cannatella


Samarati

Habitational surname, from the town of Samarate, in Lombardy.


Acquistapace

Verb-object compound, composed of acquista (“to buy, to purchase”) + pace (“peace”).


Porro

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


Cirrincione

From an augmentative form of Sicilian cirrinciò (“greenfinch”).


Femia

From a shortened form of the female personal name Eufemia.


Gebbia

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


Signoretti

From a hypocoristic form of the surname Signori.


Beggiato

→ Translingual: Beggiatoa.


Ramaioli

Metonymic occupational surname for a water vendor, from ramaiolo (“ladle”).


De Palma

→ English: Depalma


Papapietro

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


Gasparini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Gaspare (“Casper”).


Rasmo

From a shortened form of the personal name Erasmo.


Miliddi

Perhaps from a Sardinian hypocoristic form of the personal name Camillo.


Rigano

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


La Rosa

→ English: Larosa


Liviero

From a shortened form of the personal name Oliviero.


Cedrone

Topographic surname from an augmentative form of cedro (“cedar tree”).


Pietraforte

From pietra (“stone”) + forte (“strong”).


Commare

From commare, archaic form of comare (“godmother”).


Rustichelli

From the medieval personal name Rustichello.


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.


Tagliapietra

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


D'Errico

From a variant of the personal name Enrico.


Secchi

→ English: Secchi


Viglianesi

Habitational surname, from any of various places called Vigliano.


Mendicino

English: Mendicino


Felicini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Felice.


D'Imperio

→ English: Dimperio


Silvestrini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Silvestro.


Sipione

From a variant of the personal name Scipione.


Fratangelo

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


Monteforte

Habitational surname from any of various places called Monteforte, from monte (“mountain, mount”) + forte (“strong”).


Bellanca

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


Di Stasio

→ English: DiStasio

From a shortened variant of the personal name Anastasio.


Tanzi

Patronymic surname from a reduced form of Costanzo o Lattanzio.


Montecuccoli

From the village of Montecuccolo, in the province of Modena.


Guastalegname

Verb-object compound, composed of guasta (“to ruin, to damage”) + legname (“timber, wood”).


Di Lauro

→ English: Dilauro


Di Bacco

→ English: Dibacco


Di Geronimo

→ English: Digeronimo


Di Iorio

→ English: Diorio


Lupinacci

From a derivative of the personal name Lupo.


Trapasso

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


Buccellato

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


Vicidomini

From vicedomino (“person who took place of a lord in medieval times”).


Borgonovo

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


Della Penna

→ English: Dellapenna


De Cristofaro

→ English: Decristofaro


Dato

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


Zilio

From Venetian Zilio, variant of the personal name Egidio.


Buttafava

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


Franchini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Franco.


Adornato

English: Adornato


Zennaro

From a variant of the personal name Gennaro.


La Vecchia

→ English: Lavecchia


Fornaro

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


Sannicandro

Habitational surname, from two towns in Apulia called Sannicandro.


Di Natale

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


Fiordispino

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


Barraco

→ English: Barraco

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


Beccari

From beccaro, older form of beccaio (“butcher”).


Pizzolato

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


Deriu

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a river, from Sardinian de (“of”) + riu (“river”).


Zavattari

→ Translingual: Zavattariornis

From a northern variant of ciabattino (“shoemaker”).


Santin

From a Venetian hypocoristic form of the personal name Santo.


Di Miceli

→ English: Dimiceli


Di Cenzo

→ English: Dicenzo

From di (“of”) + a shortened form of the personal name Vincenzo.


Gasbarro

From a variant of the personal name Gaspare.


Di Fabio

From di (“of”) + Fabio (“a male given name”).


Campoli

From any of various places called Campoli.


Mulè

From Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan, “chief, lord, master”).


Scannabecchi

Verb-object compound, composed of scanna (“to slaughter”) + becchi (“billygoats”).


Sacca

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


Craparotta

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


Squarcialupi

Verb-object compound, composed of squarcia (“to rip open”) + lupi (“wolves”), a nickname for a brave or courageous person.


Consolo

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


D'Ercole

→ English: Dercole


Di Napoli

Habitational surname for a person coming from Napoli (“Naples”).


Tomasino

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Tommaso.


Di Noto

Habitational surname for a person coming from Noto.


De Rosa

→ English: Derosa


Campea

English: Campea


Raineri

From the personal name Rainerio, a variant of Raniero.


De Nunzio

→ English: Denunzio


Giangregorio

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


Micheli

Patronymic from the personal name Michele.


Mauceri

From the Sicilian surname Maugeri, from maugeri (“herdsman”).


Di Giorgio

→ English: Digiorgio


Gisolfi

From the personal name Gisolfo, a variant of Gisulfo.


De Rienzo

→ English: DeRienzo


Francesconi

From an augmentative form of the personal name Francesco.


D'Antuono

→ English: Dantuono


Pietrini

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Pietro (“Peter”).


La Fata

→ English: Lafata


Guidetti

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Guido.


La Porta

→ English: Laporta


Lo Conte

→ English: LoConte


Pala

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


Cesarini

From a diminutive form of the personal name Cesare.


Di Fazio

→ English: Difazio


Santagata

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


Del Signore

→ English: Delsignore


Di Antonio

→ English: Diantonio


Del Giudice

→ English: Delgiudice

From del (“of the”) + giudice (“judge”).


Marcantognini

From a diminutive form of the personal name Marcantonio.


Piparo

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


De Laura

→ English: Delaura


Caradonna

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


Cannone

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of cannons, from cannone (“cannon”).


Fioretti

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Fiore.


Munafò

→ English: Munafo


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”).


Ghisalberti

From a variant of the personal name Giselberto.


Saltamerenda

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


Fellini

→ Russian: Фелли́ни (Fellíni)

From a shortened form of the personal name Raffaellino.


Giovannini

From a diminutive form of the personal name Giovanni.


Pietromonaco

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


Tagliavia

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


Asnicar

Toponymic surname, from Cimbrian haazo (“hare”) + ékke (“hill, rise”).