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D'ONOFRIO     Italian
Means "son of Onofrio".

DRAGO     Italian
From a nickname meaning "dragon".

DURANTE     Spanish, Italian
From the given name DURANTE, or from a nickname for a stubborn person.

ELENA     Italian
Derived from the given name ELENA.

EPISCOPO     Italian
Means "bishop" in Italian.

ERMACORA     Italian
From the old given name Ermacora... [more]

ESPOSITO     Italian
Means "exposed" in Italian and denoted a child who was rescued after being abandoned by its parents.

EVANGELISTA     Italian
Means "evangelist" in Italian.

FABBRI     Italian
Means "blacksmith", from latin faber.

FABBRO     Italian
Means "blacksmith" in Italian.

FALCO     Italian
Derived from Italian falco "falcon"... [more]

FARALDO     Italian
From an old German name Farwald, meaning unknown... [more]

FARINA     Italian
From a nickname indicating somebody who produces "meal" or "flour", that is a miller.

FARRO     Italian
Derived from a location... [more]

FATTORE     Italian
From the Italian word fattore meaning "land agent on a farm".

FAUSTI     Italian
From the given name FAUSTO.

FAVA     Italian
From the word fava meaning "broad bean".

FAVERO     Italian
Variant of FABBRO

FERMI     Italian, Jewish
Locative surname coming from the town of Fermo in Marche region, not far from Rome... [more]

FERRARA     Italian
Variant of FERRARI

FERRARI     Italian
Occupational name for a metalworker or smith, derived from Latin ferrum meaning "iron", and thus an Italian version of Smith.

FERRARO     Italian
Variant of FERRARI

FERRERO     Italian
Regional variant of FERRARI... [more]

FERRO     Italian, Portuguese
Meaning "iron" from Latin, comes probably from a nickname for one who worked with iron.

FIERRO     Spanish, Italian
Variant of FERRO

FILIPPI     Italian
Derived from the given name FILIPPO.

FINI     Italian
From given names ending in fino such as SERAFINO.

FIORE     Italian
Derived from an old given name Fiore, meaning "flower".

FISCELLA (1)     Italian
Derived from the given name Fisco, Fisco being an archaic diminutive of FRANCESCO.

FISCELLA (2)     Italian
Derived from Sicilian fiscella, the word for a basket used to conserve cheese... [more]

FONDA     Italian
Originated near Venice in a place called Fonda... [more]

FONTANA     Italian
Means "fountain" in Italian.

FORTUNATO     Italian
From the given name FORTUNATO

FRANCO     Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Cognate of FRANK (1)

FRANZESE     Italian
From a nickname meaning "Frenchman". It is typical of the area of Naples.

FURLAN     Italian
From the name of an Italian region of the northeast Friuli, Italian variant Friulano.

GABRIELLI     Italian
From the given name Gabriello, a variant of GABRIELE (1).

GAGLIARDI     Italian
From the adjective gagliardo meaning "very strong".

GALLO     Italian, Spanish
Means "cock, rooster" from Latin gallus... [more]

GANZA     Italian
From the feminine medieval given name Allegranza or Alleganza... [more]

GARFAGNINI     Italian
From the name of the region in Tuscany near the historical city of Lucca: Garfagnana... [more]

GAROFALO     Italian
From an old given name or nickname, documented in Genoa in 1157 as Garofalus from a regional variant garofalo (see the Italian word garofano "carnation")... [more]

GASPARI     Italian
From the given name GASPARE.

GATTI     Italian
Means "cat" in Italian and indicates an agile person.

GENOVESE     Italian
From the name of one of the most important Italian cities Genova (Genoa).

GENTILE     Italian
From a nickname meaning "gentle, kind, noble".

GERMANO     Italian
From the given name GERMANO.

GIANNINO     Italian
Derived from the given name GIANNI.

GIMONDI     Italian
Derived from a given name of Germanic origin, Ginmund... [more]

GIORDANO     Italian
Derived from the given name GIORDANO.

GISMONDI     Italian
From the given name Gismondo, of Germanic origin.

GIÙGOVAZ     Italian
Italianization of the Slavic surname Jugovac which comes from the given name JOACHIM... [more]

GIUNTA     Italian
From the old Italian given name Bonagiunta or Bonaggiunta (aggiungere in Italian means "to add").

GORETTI     Italian
Derived from the given name GREGORIO.

GORI     Italian
Variant of Gregori, from the given name GREGORIO.

GRECO     Italian
Means "from Greece" in Italian.

GRILLO     Italian
From an Italian nickname meaning "cricket", perhaps given originally to a cheerful person (the cricket is associated with cheerfulness)... [more]

GRIMALDI     Italian
From the old Germanic given name Grimaldo... [more]

GRONCHI     Italian
From the Tuscan word gronchio that indicates a "numb" person or even a "bent" person... [more]

GUARNERI     Italian
From a given name coming from the Old German name Warinhari (see WERNER).

GUERRA     Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname for a belligerent person, one eager to fight, or one engaged in warfare... [more]

GUERRIERO     Italian
Italian form of GUERRERO.

GUIDI     Italian
From the given name GUIDO.

GUTTUSO     Italian
From a Sicilian nickname guttusu that means "sad person"... [more]

IDONI     Italian
Means "fit, suitable" from the Latin word idoneus.

INNOCENTI     Italian
From a nickname meaning "innocent" in Italian.

LABRIOLA     Italian
Means "a person from Abriola". Abriola is a town in Southern Italy.

LÀCONI     Italian
Sardinian surname from a name of the town Làconi near the city of Nuoro.

LAGANÀ     Italian
Derives from Greek dialects that are spoken in southern Italy, namely in Calabria... [more]

LAGOMARSÌNO     Italian
Locative surname of Genoa and surroundings derived from the place name Lagomarsino (near Genoa).

LAGORIO     Italian
From a nickname meaning "green-lizard"... [more]

LAGUARDIA     Italian
Originally an occupational surname meaning "sentry" or "sentinel"... [more]

LAMA     Italian
Derived from the name place Lama, quite common around Italy.

LAMBERTI     Italian
Derived from the given name Lamberto, Lamberto being the Italian form of LAMBERT.

LAMON     Italian
Locative surname from the name of a village near the city of Belluno... [more]

LANDI     Italian
Derived from the given name Lando (seeLANCE).

LANDO     Italian
Variant of LANDI

LANDOLFI     Italian
From the old Germanic given name Lanawulfa.

LATERZA     Italian
Typical of southern Italy: it comes from the place name Laterza, a town near Taranto in the Puglia region.

LAURITO     Italian
From the name of the town Laurito, near Salerno in the area of Naples.

LAZZARI     Italian
Means "son of LAZZARO".

LECCE     Italian
Means "a person from Lecce, Italy".

LECCESE     Italian
Means "a person from Lecce, Italy".

LEGGIÈRI     Italian
Sicilian surname indicating a "light" person, not serious, superficial.

LÈMMI     Italian
From the given name GUGLIELMO... [more]

LEONE     Italian
Derived from the given name LEONE (1).

LEONI     Italian
Variant of LEONE

LIPPI     Italian
From the given name FILIPPO... [more]

LOCATELLI     Italian
From Locatello, a place in Lombardy near the city of Bergamo in Northern Italy.

LOMBARDI     Italian
Name for someone who came from the Lombardy region in Italy... [more]

LONGO     Italian
Italian cognate of LONG

LUPO     Italian
From an Italian nickname meaning "wolf".

LUZZATTO     Italian
From Lusatia, a region of northern Germany.

MAESTRI     Italian
Means "master" in Italian.

MAGRO     Italian
From a nickname meaning "thin, lean" (Latin macer).

MANCINI     Italian
Diminutive of MANCO.

MANCO     Italian
Means "left-handed" in Italian.

MANCUSO     Italian
Sicilian regional variant of MANCO

MANFREDI     Italian
Derived from the given name MANFREDO.

MANFREDONIA     Italian
Means "from Manfredonia, Italy"... [more]

MANTOVANI     Italian
From the name of the city of Mantova in Lombardy.

MARCHEGIANO     Italian
From the name of an Italian region, the Marche region... [more]

MARCHESI     Italian
From the title marchese meaning "marquis".

MARCHETTI     Italian
From a diminutive of the given name MARCO.

MARCHIONI     Italian
From the given name MELCHIOR.

MARCONI     Italian
Derived from the given name MARCO.

MARI     Italian
Aphetic form of ALTIMARI.

MARIA     Italian, Portuguese
From the given the name MARIA.

MARIANI     Italian
From the given name MARIANO.

MARINO     Italian, Spanish
Derived from the given name MARINO.

MARMO     Italian
Means "marble" in Italian.

MARTELLI     Italian
Italian form of MARTEL (1) or MARTEL (2)

MARTINELLI     Italian
From a diminutive of the given name MARTINO.

MASI     Italian
From the given name Maso a variant of TOMMASO.

MASIN     Italian
Venetian variant of MASI

MAURELL     Italian, Spanish
Means "little MAURO".

MAZZA     Italian
From nicknames meaning "maul" or "mallet" in Italian.

MERLO     Italian, Spanish
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula... [more]

MESSANA     Italian
From the name of the Sicilian city Messina... [more]

MICHELI     Italian
From the given name MICHELE.

MILANI     Italian
Variant of MILANO

MILANO     Italian
Name for someone who came from Milan, Italy. It means "middle plain".

MODUGNO     Italian
From the town Modugno, in Apulia, in southern Italy... [more]

MONDADORI     Italian
Means "fleece selector" from the Old Italian emendatore... [more]

MONDO     Italian
From the given name EDMONDO.

MONTAGNA     Italian
Means "mountain" in Italian.

MONTANA     Italian
Variant of MONTAGNA

MONTANARI     Italian
Means "from the mountain" in Italian.

MONTE     Italian
Variant of MONTI

MONTI     Italian
Means "mountain, hill" in Italian.

MORANDI     Italian
From the Italian medieval given name Morando.

MORETTI     Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the Italian given name MAURO.

MORRA     Italian
Locative surname derived from Morra De Sanctis, a place near Naples, Italy.

MOSCHELLA     Italian
Means "housefly" in Italian, perhaps originally as a nickname for an annoying person.

MOSCONI     Italian
From a nickname, a variant of mosca "fly".

MOTTA     Italian
From various names of places around Italy... [more]

MUGGIA     Italian
Locative surname from the area of Trieste, the capital city of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region... [more]

MURARO     Italian
Occupational origin, indicating the profession of a "mason".

MURGIA     Italian
From the Sardinian word for "brine" or "pickle".

MURTAS     Italian
From the Sardinian word murta meaning "myrtle"... [more]

NACAR     Italian
Possibly from naccaro "player of the tambourine", which derives from the Arabic naqqara.

NAGGI     Italian
From the town of Naggio in Italy.

NAGGIA     Italian
Variant of NAGGI

NALDI     Italian
From given names like ARNALDO and RINALDO.

NANA     Italian
From a diminutive of GIOVANNI.

NANI     Italian
Variant of NANA

NANNI     Italian
Variant of NANA

NANNINI     Italian
From a diminutive of GIOVANNI, Nanni.

NAPOLEONI     Italian
From the old medieval name Napoleone (see NAPOLEON)... [more]

NAPOLETANI     Italian
Like NAPOLEONI it indicated a person from Napoli (Naples).

NAPOLIELLO     Italian
Like NAPOLEONI it indicated a person from Napoli (Naples).

NARDI     Italian
From the given name Nardo which originally was an aphaeresis of names like BERNARDO or LEONARDO.

NARDO     Italian
Variant of NARDI

NARDOVINO     Italian
Either from NARDI or from the name Ardovino which was derived from the Germanic name Hardwin (hard- "strong" and -win "friend").

NASATO     Italian
Nickname for someone with a prominent nose, from Italian naso "nose".

NASCIMBENE     Italian
Variant of NASCIMBENI

NASCIMBENI     Italian
From the medieval given name Nascimbene meaning "born well"... [more]

NATALE     Italian
From a nickname referring to Christmas... [more]

NAVE     Italian
From Italian places called Nave or likewise.

NAZARIO     Italian
From the given name NAZARIO.

NECCHI     Italian
Either from the given name Nechus (from the Latin word nequus meaning "unjust, unfair") or from a nickname from the archaic Milanese word gnecch meaning "tired".

NEGRI     Italian
Nickname meaning "black" for someone with dark hair or dark skin or such.

NEGRINI     Italian
Variant of NEGRI

NELLI     Italian
Derived from the given name Nello, a short form of names like Brunello and Lionello.

NENCI     Italian
Means "son of Nencio"... [more]

NEPI     Italian
From the town Nepi, which is believed to have been founded by Jewish Italians.

NERI     Italian
From the Italian word nero "black"... [more]

NERONI     Italian
Variant of NEGRINI

NERVETTI     Italian
Possibly a nickname for an innkeeper, from the archaic Milanese word nervètt, which is a local dish.

NERVI     Italian
From the name of the town Nervi, in Genova.

NESPOLA     Italian
From towns like Nespoli and Nespoledo, from the Italian word nespola meaning "medlar (tree)".

NICASTRO     Italian
From the name of the town Nicastro, near Catanzaro.

NICCHI     Italian
From the Italian word nicchio meaning "shell", possibly a nickname for people related to the sea.

NICODEMO     Italian
Means "son of NICODEMO".

NICOLAI     Italian
Means "son of NICOLA (1)".

NICOLOSI     Italian
From the name of the town Nicolosi on Sicily.

NICOSIA     Italian
From the name of the town Nicosia on Sicily.

NICOTERA     Italian
From town names like Marina di Nicotera and Nicotera in Calabria.

NIEDDU     Italian
Nickname meaning "black" from the Sardinian adjective nieddu.

NIERI     Italian
Either a variant of NERI, or from the Italian name RANIERO.

NIGRO     Italian
Variant of NERI

NISI     Italian
Means "son of Niso", where Niso is from the Greek name Nisus.

NIZZOLA     Italian
From the name of the Italian town Nizzola.

NOSCHESE     Italian
From the name of the town Nusco, near Naples.

NOTARO     Italian
Means "scribe, clerk" from the Latin notarius.

NOTORIANO     Italian
Occupational name meaning "scribe".

OBERTI     Italian
Derived from the given name UBERTO.

OBERTO     Italian
Derived from the given name UBERTO.

ONGARO     Italian
Variant of UNGARO

ORLANDO     Italian
Derived from the given name ORLANDO.

ORSINI     Italian
From a nickname meaning "little bear" in Italian.

PACE     Italian
Derived from the Italian given name Pace which meant "peace".

PADOVAN     Italian
Regional form of PADOVANO.

PADOVANO     Italian
Originally denoted one who came from the city of Padua (Padova) in Italy.

PAGANI     Italian
Variant of PAGANO

PAGANO     Italian
From the old nickname pagano meaning "pagan" (earlier sense "rustic").

PALLADINO     Italian
From the Italian term palladin, meaning "knight".

PALMISANO     Italian
Locative surname from southern Italy... [more]

PALUMBO     Italian
From an old medieval regional nickname palumbo meaning "pigeon"... [more]

PANZAVECCHIA     Italian
From a nickname meaning "old stomach".

PARISI     Italian
Means "from Paris, France".

PARMA     Italian
From the city of Parma, well known in Italy for its artistic beauties.

PARODI     Italian
From the name of a village near Genoa... [more]

PARRI     Italian
From the given name GASPARE.

PARRINO     Italian
From a family word that indicates a "godfather"... [more]

PASSERINI     Italian
From the name of a bird passero, that is "sparrow".

PASTORE     Italian
From the occupation pastore meaning "shepherd".

PATERNOSTER     Italian, English
Derived from the Latin phrase pater noster "our Father"... [more]

PAVESI     Italian
From the name of the city of Pavia, near Milano in Lombardy, Italy.

PAVONE     Italian
Variant of PAVONI

PAVONI     Italian
Means "peacock" from Italian pavone... [more]

PECORA     Italian
Occupational name for a shepherd, meaning "flock".

PEDROTTI     Italian
Derived from the given name PIETRO.

PELLEGRINO     Italian
Means "little pilgrim" from the Latin peregrinus.

PERUGIA     Italian
From the name of the city of Perugia, near Rome, the regional capital of Umbria.

PESARESI     Italian
From the name of the city of Pesaro, in the Marche region.

PESARO     Italian
From the name of the city of Pesaro, in the Marche region.

PESCE     Italian
Means "fisherman" or "fish-like" from the Italian pesce meaning "fish".

PETRI     Italian
Derived from the given name PIETRO.

PHERIGO     Italian
Derived from the given name FEDERICO.

PIAZZA     Italian
Means "plaza" in Italian, indicating that the residence of the original bearer was near the town square.

PICCIRILLO     Italian
Variant of PICCOLI

PICCOLI     Italian
Nickname for a person who is short, from Italian piccino "small".

PIERNO     Italian
Locative surname derived from the name of the town Pierno in Southern Italy near Potenza.

PIETRI     Italian
Derived from the given name PIETRO.

PINI     Italian
Name for a person who lived near a pine tree, from Latin pinus.

PIOVENE     Italian
From the name of the Venetian town of Piovene.

PIRAINO     Italian
Locative origin, derived from the name of a place Piraino, on Sicily.

PISANI     Italian
From the name of the inhabitants of Pisa, one of the most important cities of Tuscany.

PITTALUGA     Italian
Originally a local nickname of somebody who "steals grapes" from vineyards... [more]

POGGI     Italian
Means "dweller on a hill(ock)" from the Italian poggio.

POGGIO     Italian
Means "dweller on a hill(ock)" from the Italian poggio.

POLETTI     Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name PAOLO... [more]

PONTECORVO     Italian, Jewish
From the name of a village near Rome, where an Israeli community settled centuries ago.

PORTELLI     Italian
Diminutive form of PORTO.

PORTO     Italian
Designated a person who lived near a harbour, from Italian porto, Latin portus.

PORTOGHESE     Italian
Nickname for a person coming from Portugal.

POTENZA     Italian
From the name of the city of Potenza, the main town of the Basilicata region in Southern Italy.

POZZI     Italian
Locative surname meaning "a well" from Latin puteus... [more]

PROFETA     Italian
From the Italian word profeta meaning "prophet"... [more]

PROSDOCIMI     Italian
From the given name Prosdocimo, a medieval given name from the old Greek Prosdokimos.

PROVENZA     Italian
From the name of the region in southern France, Provence (in Italian it is spelled Provenza).

PROVENZANO     Italian
Variant of PROVENZA... [more]

PUGLIESE     Italian
From an adjectival derivative of Puglia, also known as Apulia, a region of southeastern Italy containing the "boot heel" and some of the coastline of the Adriatic Sea, hence a regional name for someone from Puglia/Apulia.

QUARANTA     Italian
Means "forty". It comes from a nickname.

QUATTROCCHI     Italian
From Sciacca in Sicily and is formed from quattro meaning "four" and occhi meaning "eyes"... [more]

RAGNO     Italian
From a nickname meaning "spider".

RAIMONDI     Italian
Derived from the given name RAIMONDO.

RAIS     Italian
Occupational surname indicating the ràis, the fisherman who directed the fishing... [more]

RANA     Italian, Spanish
Means "frog" in Italian and Spanish... [more]

RANERI     Italian
Derived from the Italian given name RANIERO.

RAO     Italian
Derived from the given name ROLLO.

RAPALLINO     Italian
From the area of Genoa with a locative origin from the town of Rapallo.

RATTI     Italian
Means "rat", denoting a sly individual.

RAVENNA     Italian
From the important city of Ravenna, near Bologna, in northern Italy.

RÉ     Italian
Means "king" from the Latin rex, regis, denoting a person who acted like a king.

RICCHETTI     Italian
Diminutive form of RICCI.

RICCI     Italian
From Italian ricco "curly", a nickname for someone with curly hair.

RIGGI     Italian
From the name of the city Reggio of Calabria.

RIGHI     Italian
From the given name Arrigo (see ARRIGHI).

RINALDI     Italian
Derived from the given name RINALDO.

RIVA     Italian
Means "dweller by a river, lake" from the Latin ripa.

RIZZO     Italian
Variant of RICCI

ROBUSTELLI     Italian
From a nickname inticating a strong person from the Italian word robusto "strong".

ROCCA     Italian
Locative surname from the name of several places called Rocca spread around Italy.

ROCCHI     Italian
Derived from the given name ROCCO.

ROCCO     Italian
Derived from the given name ROCCO.

ROMA (1)     Italian
Derived from the given name Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMA (2)     Italian
From the name of the city of Rome, Italy... [more]

ROMAGNA     Italian
From the region of Romagna, on the Adriatic coast.

ROMAGNOLI     Italian
Diminutive form of ROMAGNA.

ROMANO (1)     Italian
Derived from the given name ROMANO.

ROMANO (2)     Italian
Denoted someone who was from the city of Rome... [more]

RONCALLI     Italian
Locative surname, from the names of places like Ronco or Ronchi, quite common in northern Italy... [more]

RONCHI     Italian
Locative surname coming from a place named Ronco... [more]

ROSA     Italian, Catalan
Means "rose" from the Latin rosa... [more]

ROSSI     Italian
Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus.

ROSSINI     Italian
Means "little red head" from the name ROSSI.

ROTOLO     Italian
Derived from a nickname indicating an old measure... [more]

ROVIGATTI     Italian
From the name of the city of Rovigo near Venice.

RUGGERI     Italian
Derived from the given name RUGGERO.

RUSSO     Italian
Variant of ROSSI

RUSTICI     Italian
From a medieval nickname indicating a "rustic" man living in the country.

RUZZIER     Italian
From a dialectal variant of RUGGERO... [more]

SABBADIN     Italian
From sabbato "Saturday", a name for one born on that day of the week.

SACCO     Italian
Means "sack-maker".

SALA     Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian
Means "worker at a manor house" from the Old French salle.

SALOMON     English, French, Italian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian
Derived from the given name SALOMON.

SALUCCI     Italian
Means "salt".

SALVAGGI     Italian
Italian form of SAVAGE.

SALVAI     Italian
Means "to save" from the Italian salvai.

SALVAIL     Italian
Variant of SALVAI

SALVATICI     Italian
Italian form of SAVAGE.

SALVAY     Italian
Variant of SALVAI

SANNA (1)     Italian
Means "one with a big protruding tooth".

SANSONE     Italian
Italian form of SAMSON.

SANTINI     Italian
Means "little SANTO".

SANTORO     Italian
Means "all saint's day" in Italian, a nickname for one born on that day.

SAPIENTI     Italian
Means "wise" in Latin or Italian, most likely given to someone who was wise or behaved wisely.

SARNO     Italian
Means "from Sarno, Italy".

NAVIGATION
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