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Abano Italian
Originally denoted a person from the town of Abano, Latin Aponus, which was derived from the old Celtic root ab meaning "water".

Abate Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest", derived via Latin and Greek from an Aramaic word meaning "father". This was used either as a nickname or an occupational name for a worker in a priest's house.

Acone Italian
Possibly from the name of a harbour in Bithynia (in modern Turkey).

Acqua Italian
Means "water" in Italian, indicating one who dwelt by or transported water.

Adami Italian
Means "son of Adamo".

Adamo Italian
Italian form of Adam.

Agani Italian
Means "son of Agano", a given name of unknown meaning.

Aggio Italian
Possibly from the name Aggius, probably related to the Germanic name Agi.

Alesi Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Aloia Italian
Variant of Aloi.

Amato Italian
From the given name Amato.

Arena Italian
Italian cognate of Arenas.

Baggi Italian
Variant of Baggio.

Bagni Italian
From Italian bagno "bath", derived from Latin balneum, referring to a person who worked as a bath house attendant.

Baldi Italian
Derived from the given name Baldo.

Bassi Italian
Variant of Basso, common in northern Italy.

Basso Italian
Originally a nickname for a short person, from Latin bassus "thick, low".

Bello Spanish, Italian
Means "beautiful" in Spanish and Italian, originally a nickname for an attractive person.

Berti Italian
Derived from the given name Berto.

Biagi Italian
Means "son of Biagio".

Bosco Italian
Means "forest" in Italian.

Breda Italian
From the name of a town near Venice, possibly derived from a Lombardic word meaning "field".

Bruno Italian, Portuguese
Means "brown" in Italian and Portuguese, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes. A famous bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600).

Buono Italian
From a nickname meaning "good" in Italian.

Busto Spanish, Italian
From the name of towns in Spain and Italy, derived from Late Latin bustum meaning "ox pasture".

Caito Italian
Occupational name from Sicilian càjitu meaning "official, leader", ultimately from Arabic قاضي (qāḍī) meaning "judge".

Calvo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Means "bald" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, from Latin calvus.

Campo Spanish, Italian
Means "field" in Spanish and Italian.

Cantù Italian
From Cantù, an Italian town located in Lombardy, itself of uncertain origin.

Coiro Italian
From Italian cuoio meaning "leather", ultimately from Latin corium. This was an occupational surname for a leather worker or tanner.

Conti Italian
From the Italian noble title conte meaning "count", derived from Latin comes (genitive comitis) meaning "companion, attendant". It denoted a person who worked for a count or behaved like one.

Corna Italian
Derived from the names of places in northern Italy, especially Lombardy, from a word that means "crag, cliff" in the Lombard dialect.

Corrà Italian
From a short form of the given name Corrado.

Corti Italian
From Italian corte meaning "court, yard".

Corvi Italian
Nickname derived from Italian corvo meaning "crow".

Costa Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italian and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".

Croce Italian
Italian form of Cross.

Cuoco Italian
Italian cognate of Cook.

Dioli Italian
Meaning unknown.

Drago Italian
From a nickname meaning "dragon" in Italian.

Elena Italian
Derived from the given name Elena.

Falco Italian
Derived from Italian falco "falcon". The name was used to denote a falconer or a person who resembled a falcon in some way.

Farro Italian
Derived from the name of a place on Sicily, Italy, derived from Latin far meaning "wheat, spelt".

Fermi Italian
Originally indicated a person from the town of Fermo in the Marche region of Italy, originally called Firmum in Latin meaning "strong, steady, firm".

Ferri Italian
Variant of Ferro.

Ferro Italian, Spanish
Means "iron", ultimately from Latin ferrum. This was an occupational name for one who worked with iron.

Fiore Italian
Derived from the given name Fiore.

Fonda Italian
Of Italian origin, possibly from a place derived from fondo meaning "deep". The family of Henry Fonda (1905-1982) came from the Netherlands, but they were of Genoese origin.

Fusco Italian
From Italian fosco meaning "dark", from Latin fuscus. This was a nickname for a person with dark features.

Galli Italian
Variant of Gallo, common in northern Italy.

Gallo Italian, Spanish
Means "rooster", ultimately from Latin gallus. This was a nickname for a proud person.

Ganza Italian
Probably from the feminine medieval given name Allegranza or Alleganza, a derivative of Allegra. It comes from northern Lombardy.

Garbo Italian
From a nickname meaning "politeness" in Italian. A famous bearer of this name was the Swedish actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990), born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson.

Gatti Italian
Means "cat" in Italian, originally a nickname for an agile person.

Greco Italian
Means "from Greece" in Italian.

Guidi Italian
From the given name Guido.

Lamon Italian
From the name of the village of Lamon near the city of Belluno in Veneto, Italy.

Landi Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

Lando Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

Lecce Italian
Originally indicated a person from Lecce, southern Italy. The town was known as Licea or Litium in Latin, earlier Lupiae.

Lemmi Italian
From a short form of the given name Guglielmo. It is typical of Tuscany.

Leone Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Leoni Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Lippi Italian
From the given name Filippo. It is common in the area of Florence.

Longo Italian
Italian cognate of Long.

Magro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "thin, lean", ultimately from Latin macer.

Manco Italian
Means "left-handed" in Italian, derived from Latin mancus meaning "maimed".

Marco Spanish, Italian
From the given name Marco.

Maria Italian, Portuguese
From the given the name Maria.

Marmo Italian
Means "marble" in Italian, possibly indicating a person who lived near a quarry or one who worked with marble.

Masin Italian
Venetian variant of Masi.

Mazza Italian
From a nickname (perhaps occupational) meaning "maul, mallet" in Italian.

Merlo Italian, Spanish
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

Mondo Italian
From a given name, a short form of names such as Raimondo or Edmondo.

Monte Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian variant of Monti, as well as a Portuguese and Spanish cognate.

Monti Italian
Means "mountain, hill" in Italian, from Latin mons.

Morra Italian
Locative name derived from Italian places such as Morra De Sanctis, Campania, or Morra del Villar, Piedmont.

Motta Italian
From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill".

Naggi Italian
Originally denoted a person from the town of Naggio in Lombardy, Italy.

Naldi Italian
From given names like Arnaldo and Rinaldo.

Nanni Italian
Variant of Nana.

Nardi Italian
From the given name Nardo, which was originally a short form of names like Bernardo or Leonardo.

Nardo Italian
Variant of Nardi.

Negri Italian
Nickname derived from Italian negro "black", used to refer to someone with dark hair or dark skin.

Nelli Italian
Derived from the given name Nello.

Nenci Italian
Means "son of Nencio", a Tuscan diminutive of the name Lorenzo.

Nervi Italian
From the name of the town of Nervi in Liguria, northwestern Italy.

Nieri Italian
Either a variant of Neri, or from the Italian name Raniero.

Nigro Italian
Variant of Negri.

Panza Italian, Literature
From a variant of the Italian word pancia meaning "stomach, paunch", originally a nickname for a chubby person. The Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes used it in his novel Don Quixote (1605), where it is the surname of Don Quixote's squire Sancho Panza. Not a common Spanish surname, Cervantes may have based it directly on the Spanish word panza (a cognate of the Italian word).

Parma Italian
From the city of Parma in northern Italy, the name of which is probably of Etruscan origin.

Parri Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Pavia Italian
From the name of the city of Pavia in Lombardy, Italy. It is of unknown meaning.

Pesce Italian
Means "fish" in Italian, referring either to a fisherman or to a person who resembled a fish in some way.

Petri Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.

Pinto Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Means "mottled" in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, derived from Late Latin pinctus, Latin pictus "painted".

Poggi Italian
Variant of Poggio.

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

Pozzi Italian
From Italian pozzo meaning "well, pit", derived from Latin puteus.

Ragno Italian
From a nickname meaning "spider" in Italian.

Ratti Italian
From Italian ratto meaning "rat", originally denoting a sly individual.

Ricci Italian
From Italian riccio meaning "curly", a nickname for someone with curly hair. It is ultimately from Latin ericius meaning "hedgehog".

Riggi Italian
From the name of the Italian city of Reggio Calabria, from Latin Rhegium, of Greek origin.

Righi Italian
From the given name Arrigo.

Rizzi Italian
Variant of Ricci.

Rizzo Italian
Variant of Ricci.

Rocca Italian
Italian cognate of Roach.

Rocco Italian
Derived from the given name Rocco.

Rossi Italian
Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus meaning "red". This is the most common surname in Italy.

Russo Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Sacco Italian
Occupational name for a maker of sacks, from Italian sacco, Latin saccus.

Salvi Italian
From the given name Salvo or Salvio.

Sanna Italian
From Italian sanna or zanna meaning "tusk, fang", a nickname for a person with a protruding tooth. It is especially common on Sardinia.

Santo Italian
Italian form of Santos.

Sarno Italian
Originally denoted a person from Sarno in Italy, named for the Sarno River (called Sarnus in Latin).

Sarti Italian
Variant of Sarto.

Sarto Italian
Occupational name meaning "tailor" in Italian, from Latin sartor, from sarcire meaning "to mend".

Scavo Italian
Means "serf, slave", from Old Sicilian scavu.

Scola Italian
From Italian scuola meaning "school".

Serra Italian, Portuguese, Catalan
Italian, Portuguese and Catalan cognate of Sierra.

Sessa Italian
Originally indicated a person from from Sessa or Sessa Cilento, Italy (from Latin Suessa, of uncertain meaning).

Siena Italian
Indicated a person from Siena in Italy, which was named after the Gaulish tribe of the Senones.

Somma Italian
From the names of Italian places like Somma Lombardo or Somma Vesuviana, derived from Latin summa meaning "summit".

Sordi Italian
From Italian sordo meaning "deaf", from Latin surdus.

Spada Italian
Occupational name for an armourer or swordsman, from Italian spada "sword", Latin spatha.

Spanò Sicilian
From Sicilian spanu meaning "sparse, thin hair", ultimately from Greek σπάνιος (spanios) meaning "scarce, rare".

Spini Italian
Denoted a person who lived near thorn bushes, from Italian spina "thorn, spine", from Latin.

Stilo Italian
Derived from the name of the town of Stilo in southern Italy. It is possibly derived from Greek στῦλος (stylos) meaning "column, pillar".

Tanzi Italian
From a short form of the given name Costanzo.

Terzi 1 Italian
From the given name Terzo, or a name for a third child.

Testa Italian
From an Italian nickname meaning "head".

Tosto Italian
From a nickname for a tough, stubborn person, from Italian tosto "hard, tough".

Vacca Italian
Means "cow" in Italian, originally denoting a person who worked with cattle.

Vespa Italian
From an Italian nickname meaning "wasp".

Villa Italian, Spanish
Means "town" in Italian and Spanish, from Latin. It was originally given to a person who came from a town, as opposed to the countryside.

Vinci 1 Italian
From the given name Vincenzo.

Vinci 2 Italian
Originally indicated a person from Vinci near Florence, the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci.

Viola Italian
From the given name Viola.

Zappa Italian
From Italian zappa meaning "hoe, mattock", probably denoting a farmer. Two musicians of Italian origin have bore this name: Francesco Zappa (1717-1803) and Frank Zappa (1940-1993).

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