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Re: italian surname Pavarotti
melegnano.net doesn't list this surname, so i have to do this myself. I searched and i found the surnames Pavarotti, Pavarelli, Pavarini and Pavaretti. These all have the same structur: Pavaro + a diminutive. Pavaro is likely to be a firstname, which often is with Italian names with such diminutives. I checked and Pavarus seems to be a Latin name as well. There is a Iohanninus Pavarus listed on the Internet in a Latin text, so maybe it comes from a Latin second name or surname, i don't know much about the system of Latin names. The meaning of the name Pavarus/Pavaro i don't know, but two Latin possible roots that i found are the verb pavere "to shake of fear" and pavo "peacock".
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Pavaro is a cobbler or shoemaker and -otti is an ending added to last names to indicate that it flows from the prefix. Pavarotti likely had some direct male ancestors who were shoemakers.
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Pavia is the capital of the fertile province of Pavia, which is known for a variety of agricultural products, including wine, rice, cereals, and dairy products.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaviaPavo= "Peacock".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavo_(constellation)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PavaresSanskrit word for "pure".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PavitraParvat= "Hindu goddess of love".
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Parvatipā́rvatī=mountain stream.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/पार्वती#SanskritParvata= "Mountain".
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/पर्वत#Sanskritprivate= "spring up, jump".
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/प्रवते
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavarana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
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I could think of Latin "pauper" (poor) and maybe even of Paul. But this is just wild guessing.
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There is an Italian place-name, Pavarolo - a piece of information that is probably of no use whatsoever.
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