Marostegan

Habitational surname, from Venetan marostegan (“of or from Marostica”).


Aldini

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


Funaioli

Occupational surname for a ropemaker, from funaiolo (“ropemaker”).


Innamorato

From innamorato (“in love, smitten”), probably used as a nickname.


Ottobre

From ottobre (“October”), probably a nickname for someone born in that month.


Calaresu

Habitational surname from a Sardinian ethnonym meaning of or from Cagliari.


guardacani

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to watch”) + cani (“dogs”).


badacani

Verb-object compound, composed of bada (“to look after”) + cani (“dogs”).


guardiacani

it-noun

guardiacani m or f by sense (invariable)

(informal) Alternative form of guardacani


guardabimbi

guardabimbi m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to watch”) + bimbi (“babies”).


badabimbi

Verb-object compound, composed of bada (“to look after”) + bimbi (“babies”).


guardiabimbi

it-noun

guardiabimbi m or f by sense (invariable)

(informal) Alternative form of guardabimbi


guardagatti

guardagatti m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to watch”) + gatti (“cats”).


badagatti

Verb-object compound, composed of bada (“to look after”) + gatti (“cats”).


guardiagatti

it-noun

guardiagatti m or f by sense (invariable)

(informal) Alternative form of guardagatti


Ecclesiastico

Occupational surname from ecclesiastico (“ecclesiastic, cleric”).


Mastroberardino

From mastro (“master”) + Berardino (“a male given name”), diminutive of Berardo.


Summonte

From Latin sub (“under”) + montem, accusative of mōns (“mountain”).


Orlandi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Orlando.


Africano

From africano (“African”), probably used as a nickname.


Mantovano

Habitational surname from mantovano (“Mantuan”).


Ebanista

Occupational surname from ebanista (“cabinetmaker”).


Parenzan

Habitational surname for someone from Poreč, in Croatia, from Venetan parenzan (“of or from Poreč”); compare Italian parenzano.


Muzzicato

From Sicilian muzzicatu, past participle of muzzicari (“to bite”), probably a nickname.

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


Cartaginese

From cartaginese (“Carthaginian”), probably used as a nickname.


Agatensi

Habitational surname for someone from Sant'Agata Feltria or Sant'Agata sul Santerno.

Sant'Agata Feltria
Sant'Agata sul Santerno


Tommasomoro

Patronymic surname from Tommaso Moro, Italianized form of Thomas More.


Scodanibbio

Verb-object compound, composed of scoda (“to dock, to cut the tail”) + nibbio (“kite”), probably a nickname for a resolute or stubborn person.


Massola

→ English: Massola


Salvadego

Borrowed from Venetan salvadego (“wild, untamed”), probably used as a nickname.

bor+

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


Urgeghe

A surname of Sardinian origin, possibly from a lost settlement in the island.


Pirastu

Borrowed from Sardinian pirastu (“wild pear tree”), perhaps a toponymic surname for someone who lived near this kind of tree.


Di Lieto

Patronymic surname, from di (“of”) + Lieto.


Erriu

Sardinian habitational surname from a small village in the municipality of Giba, Sardinia.


Citrobello

Compound of citro (“citron”) + bello (“beautiful”), perhaps a nickname of some sort.


Buonafede

Compound of buona (“good”) + fede (“faith”), probably a nickname given to foundlings.


Apollinari

Patronymic surname from the personal name Apollinare.


Giampietri

Patronymic surname from the personal name Giampietro.


Scalzadonna

Verb-object compound, composed of scalza (“to take off a shoe”) + donna (“woman”), probably used as a nickname.


Fracasso

From fracasso (“din, hullabaloo, fracass”), originally a nickname for a turbulent person or a braggart.


Leschiutta

From a diminutive of Friulian lescje (“bait, lure”), probably a nickname.

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


Casaglia

Habitational surname from any of various villages called Casaglia, from Latin casālia (“boundaries of the farm”).


Mangiapane

From mangiapane (“sponger, freeloader”).


Imovilli

Probably a habitational surname from a lost settlement, perhaps from imo (“low, deep”) + villa (“villa, country house”).


Burzio

From the apheresis of the personal name Tiburzio.


Zeviani

Habitational surname for someone from Zevio, near Verona, from zeviano (“of or from Zevio”).


Cucurachi

Probably an Italianized form of a surname of Greek origin.


Orsolini

Patronymic surname from the medieval personal name Orsolino, a diminutive of Orso.


Orabona

From ora (“hour; blow, breeze”) + bona (“good”), probably a nickname.


Egano

Perhaps a toponymic surname from Venetan ègano (“laburnum”).


Casadidio

Compound of casa (“house”) + di (“of”) + dio (“god”), a nickname given to an orphan or foundling.


Appicciafuoco

Verb-object compound, composed of appiccia (“to ignite, kindle, set alight”) + fuoco (“fire”), probably a nickname for someone with a fiery temper.

it-verb-obj

appicciare<t:to ignite, kindle, set alight>


Sacconaghi

Habitational surname for someone from Sacconago, in the municipality of Busto Arsizio.


Atza

Borrowed from Sardinian atza (“edge of a knife”), from Latin aciēs (“sharp edge or point”).


Gaudiosi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Gaudioso, which was also the name of one of the archbishops of Naples.


Buttacavoli

Verb-object compound, composed of butta (“to throw away”) + cavoli (“cabbages”), probably used as a nickname.


Cislaghi

Habitational surname for someone from Cislago, a town in the province of Varese.


Rambaudo

Patronymic surname from a variant of the medieval personal name Rambaldo.


Acciaccaferro

Verb-object compound, composed of acciacca (“to crush, to weaken”) + ferro (“iron”), probably an occupational surname for an ironsmith.


Garlati

Habitational surname for someone from Garlate, a village in the province of Lecco.


Bearzi

Probably a toponymic surname for someone who lived in or next to an enclosed space, from Friulian beàrz (“enclosure; paddock”).


Urbinati

From urbinate (“of or from Urbino”), a habitational surname for someone from Urbino.


Oratore

From oratore (“speaker, orator”), an occupational surname for an orator.


Semprevivo

Compound of sempre (“always”) + vivo (“alive”), an apotropaic nickname.


Lanfredi

Patronymic surname from the rare personal name Lanfredo.


Eleuteri

Patronymic surname from the personal name Eleuterio.


Del Tufo

Perhaps a habitational surname from del (“of the”) + Tufo (“a village in Campania”).


Olginati

Habitational surname for someone from Olginate, a village in the province of Lecco.


Mazzetti di Pietralata

A branch of the Mazzetti family who owned lands in the neighbourhood of Pietralata, in Rome.


Formisano

Habitational surname for someone from Formia, a town in the province of Latina.


Nania

Patronymic surname from a truncated form of the personal name Anania.


Scutra

Perhaps from Latin scutra (“platter, tray”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of trays.


Del Proposto

Morphologically from del (“of the”) + proposto (“proposed”), but the latter is just a corruption of prevosto (“provost”).


Senarega

Habitational surname from the name of a small village in the municipality of Valbrevenna, near Genoa.


Mezzasoma

Compound of mezza (“half”) + soma (“load borne by a pack animal”), perhaps a nickname for someone with a small frame.


Carnemolla

Compound of carne (“flesh”) + molla (“soft, wet, damp”), probably a nickname of some sort.


Lo Bue

→ English: Lobue

From lo (“the”) + bue (“ox”), probably a nickname for a hard-working or meek person.


Zafferano

From zafferano (“saffron”), probably a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of saffron.


Venegoni

Habitational surname for someone from either of two villages in Lombardy called Venegono.


Budroni

Borrowed from Sardinian budrone (“bunch or cluster of grapes”), a metonymic occupational surname for a vintner.


Nicolussi

Patronymic surname from a diminutive of the personal name Nicola.


Mulargia

Habitational surname from the name of a small village in the province of Sassari.


Fabbrichesi

Habitational surname from any of various places in Tuscany called Fabbriche, from fabbrica (“factory”).


Teofili

Patronymic surname from the personal name Teofilo.


Alzalamira

From the univerbation of alzare (“to lift up, to raise”) + la (“the”) + mira (“aim, sight”).


Tremolada

Habitational surname from the name of a small settlement in the municipality of Veduggio con Colzano, in Lombardy.


Musumarra

A surname found in Sicily, perhaps from Arabic مِسْمَار (mismār, “nail, pin, peg”), probably used as a nickname for a lean or lanky person.

der

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


Polesinanti

Habitational surname for someone from Polesine, a region situated between the provinces of Ferrara and Rovigo.


Cicerchia

Perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or trader of chickling vetch, from cicerchia (“chickling vetch”).


Avvertenza

From avvertenza (“caution, warning”), probably used as a nickname.


Mezzalingua

Compound of mezza (“half”) + lingua (“tongue”), probably a nickname of some sort.


Passirani

Habitational surname for someone from Passirano, in the province of Brescia.


Gridante

From gridante (“screaming, yelling”), a nickname for a noisy person.


Mormora

From the verb mormorare (“to murmur, whisper”), a nickname for a grumbling person.


Tortima

A village in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy


Ciarlatani

From ciarlatano (“charlatan, quack”), a nickname for a chatterbox or loudmouth.


Adulante

From adulante (“flattering, adulating”), a nickname for a flatterer.


Strillacci

Ultimately from the verb strillare (“to scream, yell”), a nickname for a noisy person.


Pampana

Perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a vintner, from pampana (“vine leaf”).


Turus

From Friulian Turus, clipped form of Vinturus, the local variant of the personal name Ventura.

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


Lamenta

From the verb lamentare (“to lament”), probably a nickname for a whiny person.


Calunniato

From calunniato (“slandered”), a nickname for a slandered person.


Silenzioso

From silenzioso (“silent”), a nickname for a quiet person.


Bicego

From the Cimbrian nickname Bítzege, a derivation from Middle High German wizzic, wizzec (“clever, wise”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *witīg (“wise”), the same root of English witty and German witzig.

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


Talamelli

Habitational surname for someone from Talamello, a village in the province of Rimini.


Querelante

From querelante (“plaintiff, complainant”), perhaps a nickname for a complaining person.


Sardagna

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

A village in the province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy


Scrittore

Occupational surname from scrittore (“writer”).


Gaiga

From Cimbrian gàige (“bagpipes”), a metonymic occupational surname for a bagpipes player.


Piancastelli

Habitational surname for someone from Mercatino Conca, a village in the province of Pesaro e Urbino which was known as Piandicastello until 1940.


Vigili

Patronymic surname from the personal name Vigilio.


Carrobbio

Probably a toponymic surname for someone who lived by a crossroad, from carrobbio (“crossroads”).


Di Pardo

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


Pocaterra

Compound of poca (“little, few”) + terra (“soil, terrain”), probably a nickname for a poor or indigent person.


Atenagora

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναγόρας (Athēnagóras).

lbor

a male given name, equivalent to English Athenagoras


Costalunga

Habitational surname from several villages in Northern Italy, from costa (“coast, slope”) + lunga (“long”).


Della Rovere

From della (“of the”) + rovere (“sessile oak”), perhaps a toponymic surname.


Merati

Habitational surname for someone from Merate, a town in the province of Lecco.


Amsicora

Borrowed from Latin Hampsicora, the name of a Sardinian prince and insurgent against the Roman Empire. As a surname, it was probably given to foundlings in Sardinia in honor of the local prince.

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


Fammilume

Compound of fammi (“make me”) + lume (“light”), probably a nickname given to foundlings.


Gornati

Habitational surname for someone from Gornate-Olona, in the province of Varese.


Orlandini

Patronymic surname from a diminutive form of the personal name Orlando.


Nuovanno

Compound of nuovo (“new”) + anno (“year”), probably a nickname given to foundlings born at the beginning of the year.


Cremasco

From cremasco (“of or from Crema”), a habitational surname for someone from Crema.


Rinchiuso

Probably from rinchiuso (“locked up”), used as a nickname.


Piangiamore

Verb-object compound, composed of piangi (“to cry, weep”) + amore (“love”), probably used as a nickname.


Di Giulio Cesare

Probably a nickname for foundlings, in honor of Giulio Cesare (“Caesar”).


Amatrude

Matronymic surname from a rare personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *amal (“vigour, bravery”) and *þrūþiz (“strength”) or *trut- (“maiden, dear”).


Zenobini

Patronymic surname from a diminutive form of the personal name Zenobio.


Rivoira

Habitational surname from either of two small villages in the province of Cuneo.


Dorigo

Patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Odorico.


Scacciaferro

Verb-object compound, composed of scaccia (“to drive away”) + ferro (“iron”), probably a nickname of some sort.


Tibolla

Habitational surname from the name of a village and valley in the province of Belluno.


Nobilomo

From a variant of nobiluomo (“nobleman”), probably a nickname for a gallant or courteous person.


Di Sciullo

Habitational surname, from di (“of”) + Sciullo, a village in Abruzzo.


Zocca

A town in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Manoforte

Compound of mano (“hand”) + forte (“strong”), probably a nickname of some sort.


Filaferro

Verb-object compound, composed of fila (“to spin”) + ferro (“iron”), probably an occupational surname for an ironworker.


Sperlinga

A village in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy


Lisciani

Habitational surname from any of various villages called Lisciano.


Solimbergo

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

A village in the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Di Odoardo

From di (“of”) + Odoardo, a variant of the personal name Edoardo (“Edward”).


struzzocammello

it-noun

struzzocammello m (plural struzzicammelli or struzzocammelli)

struzzicammelli (plural)
struzzocammelli (plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin strūthiocamēlus, adapted as struzzo (“ostrich”) + cammello (“camel”)

af

Nel principio dell'inverno lo struzzo smisurato, detto lo struzzocammello, si spoglia delle sue più grandi piume, che son diligentemente raccolte dagli Arabi.

1817, Filippo Pananti, Avventure e osservazioni […] sopra le coste di Barberia, volume 1, Florence: L. Ciardetti, page 186:

At the start of the winter the enormous ostrich, called Struthio camelus, rids itself of its largest feathers, which are diligently picked up by the Arabs.

L'argomento principale su cui è fondata l'opposizione fatta al Monti dal chiariss. Siebelis, e degli altri, de' quali parleremo in appresso, è che lo struzzocammello, il quale sebbene abbia penne ed ali, non vola per la gravezza e grandezza del corpo che lo rendono incapace di sollevarsi nell'aria.

1838, Sebastiano Ciampi, Grecia descritta da Pausania, volume 5, Milan: P. A. Molina, page 12:

The main subject on which the opposition to Monti by the illustrious Siebelis, and of the others, which we will talk about later, is founded on is that the Struthio camelus, which despite having feathers and wings, does not fly for the weight and size of its body which make him unable to lift itself in the air.

Struthio camelus
Struthio camelus#Translingual


Fochesato

From Cimbrian vuks (“fox”) + the typical Venetan cognominal suffix -ato.


Nizzardo

From nizzardo (“of or from Nice”), a habitational surname for someone from Nice, in France.


Mecenero

A Cimbrian surname, either from an Italianized form of the German surname Metzner or from a variant of mercenario (“mercenary”).


Carlotti

Patronymic surname from the personal name Carlotto, hypocoristic form of Carlo.


Aiolfi

Patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Agilulfo or Aghinolfo.


Notardonato

From a variant of notaio (“notary”) + Donato.


Melpignano

A village in the province of Lecce, Apulia, Italy


Caminati

Perhaps a habitational surname for someone from the village of Caminata, in the province of Piacenza.


Leonforte

Compound of leone (“lion”) + forte (“strong”), in tribute of the founder's coat of arms, a lion holding a banner.


Paloschi

Habitational surname for someone from Palosco, in the province of Bergamo.