the etymology and history of surnames
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the etymology and history of surnames
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| Abandonato |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the Latin given name Abandonato which means "forsaken". |
| Abatangelo |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "priest, abbot Angelo" from the Italian abate. |
| Abatantuono |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "priest, abbot Antonio from the Italian abate. |
| Abate |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Abbà. |
| Abategiovanni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "priest, abbot Giovanni" from the Italian abate. |
| Abatescianni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "priest, abbot Gianni" from the Italian abate. |
| Abbà |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "priest, abbot" from the Italian abate. This was used either as a nickname for someone or as an occupational surname for a worker in a priest's house. |
| Abbadelli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "little priest, abbot" from the Italian abate and the diminutive suffix -elli. |
| Abbascia |
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Usage: Italian
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| Aphetic form of Abatescianni. |
| Abbatangelo |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Abatangelo. |
| Abbatantuono |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Abatantuono. |
| Abbate |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Abbà. |
| Abbatelli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Abbadelli. |
| Abbiati |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "from Abbiategrasso, Italy". |
| Abbracciabene |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the medieval name Abbracciabene. |
| Abbracciabeni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Abbracciabene. |
| Abelli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the Latin given name Abellio which was the name of a Pyrenean god in the Roman times. |
| Abelló |
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Usage: Catalan, Italian
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| Variant of Abelli. |
| Abrami |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Abram. |
| Abramo |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Abrami. |
| Acardi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Acardo", Acardo is the Italian form of Eckhard. |
| Accardi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Acardi. |
| Accardo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Acardi. |
| Acciai |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "axe man" from the Italian accia "axe". |
| Acciaio |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Acciai. |
| Acciaioli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Acciai. |
| Acconci |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Acconcio", from the Latin name Acconcius. |
| Acconcio |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Acconci. |
| Accorsi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Accorso", from the medieval name (Bon)accurso meaning "(good) aid". |
| Accorso |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Accorsi. |
| Accosi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Accoso", from the Latin name Accosius. |
| Accursio |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Accorsi. |
| Acerbi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "heartless, harsh" from the Italian acerbo. |
| Acone |
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Usage: Italian
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| Possibly from the Latin surname Acone, which came from the toponym Portus Acone in Bitinia (in nowadays Turkey). |
| Aconi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Acone. |
| Acqua |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "(dweller by) or (carrier of) water". |
| Acquafredda |
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Usage: Italian
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| Denotes a person who came from a place called Acquafredda in Italy. |
| Acquarone |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "dweller by a large expanse of water". |
| Acquati |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Acqua. |
| Adalardi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Adelardi. |
| Adam |
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Usage: English, French, German, Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Adam. |
| Adami |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Adamo". |
| Adamo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Adami. |
| Adamoli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive form of Adami. |
| Addario |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Addarius. |
| Adelardi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Adalardo", Adelardo is an Italian form of the Germanic name Adelard which probably means "noble and hardy". |
| Adessi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Perhaps means "punctual or fast person" from the Italian adesso "now, at this moment". |
| Adimari |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Ademaro". Ademaro is the Italian form of Adelmar. |
| Adriatico |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "dweller by the Adriatic sea". |
| Affini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "in-law" from the Latin affinis. |
| Africani |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Africano". Africano is the Italian form of Africanus, a saint's name which meant "of Africa". |
| Africano |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Africani. |
| Agani |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Agano". Agano is from the Latin name Aganus. |
| Aggi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Either from place names like Baraggia or variants, or more plausibly from the Germanic name Aggiuo. |
| Aggio |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Aggi. |
| Agli |
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Usage: Italian
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| From place names like Agliè, Aglietti, Agliana and Agliate, all originating from the Latin name Allius or Alleius. |
| Agnelli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "lamb" denoting a pious or timid person from the Late Latin agnellus. |
| Agnellutti |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a diminutive of Agnelli. |
| Agnusdei |
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Usage: Italian
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| Either under influence from the Church or as a nickname for someone very devoted or someone wearing a Benedictian amulet also called agnusdei. Agnusdei translated from Latin means "lamb of God". |
| Agosti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Agosto, an Italian form of Augustus. |
| Agostini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Agostino. |
| Agresta |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Latin agrestis "rural, rustic" or agresta "sour grape". |
| Agrioli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Possibly from the Latin agricola "farmer". |
| Aiello |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From place names like Aielli, Aiello Calabro, Aiello del Friuli, Aiello del Sabato and many others. They derive from Latin Agellum "small piece of land near a house often used to grow things". |
| Aiolfi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Aiolfo". Aiolfo is from Aghilolfo or Aghinolfo, which are from Agilulfus and Aginulfus, both Germanic names with the same root: agil "sword" and wulf "wolf". |
| Airaldi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Airaldo". Airaldo is from the Germanic name Harwald, composed of haria "army, warriors" and waldan "guide, command". |
| Airò |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Airaldo (see Airaldi). |
| Aita |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Aieta, Italy". The place name is derived from the Greek aetos meaning "eagle". |
| Ajello |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Aiello. |
| Alagona |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the Spanish place name Aragon. |
| Alamanni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "from Germany". |
| Albanesi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Meaning "Albanian, from Albania". |
| Albani |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Albano, a cognate of Alban. |
| Albano |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Albano, a cognate of Alban. |
| Alberghi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Alberico", a derivative of Alberich. |
| Alberghini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive form of Alberghi. |
| Alberici |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Alberico", a derivative of the Germanic name Alberich. |
| Alberighi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Alberici. |
| Albero |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Italian albero meaning "tree" (the word came from Latin arbor). Referring to someone living in the woods or someone who chops trees. |
| Albini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Latin given name Albinus (see Albin). |
| Albricci |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Alberici. |
| Albrici |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Alberici. |
| Alcheri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Alcherio" from the Latin name Alcherius. |
| Aldebrandi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means either "son of Aldebrando" or "son of Altebrando", Germanic names, the first composed of alda "wise" and brand "burning sword" and the latter of alt "old" and brand. In fact, alt and alda are related; someone old was often someone wise. |
| Alderisi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Alderisio" from the Latin name Alderisius. |
| Alduino |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Alduino, from the Germanic name Hardwin, composed of hard- "strong" and -win "friend". |
| Alemagna |
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Usage: Italian
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| Denoted someone from Germany (in Italian Alemagna). |
| Aleppo |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city Aleppo in Syria. |
| Alesci |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Latin name Alexius. |
| Alescio |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Latin name Alexius. |
| Alesi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Alesci. |
| Alesini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Alesino". Alesino is a diminutive of Alessio. |
| Alesio |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Alescio. |
| Alessandri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Alessandro". |
| Alessi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Alesci. |
| Alfero |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Adalferio, Germanic in origin, composed of either adal- "noble" and fadan "to travel" or adal- and -fero "to lead". |
| Aliberti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Alberto". |
| Alinari |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Alinario". This Germanic given name is composed of alian "power" and haria "army, warriors". |
| Aliprandi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Aliprando". The given name Aliprandus was borne by a saint. |
| Allegri |
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Usage: Italian
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| From an Italian nickname derived from allegro meaning "quick, lively". |
| Allegro |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Allegri. |
| Alò |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Alò, which was a contraction of Aloysius. |
| Aloia |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a dialectal form of the name Eligio. |
| Aloisi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Aloisius (see Aloysius). |
| Altamura |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the place name Altamura in Italy. |
| Altimari |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the personal name Elmer. |
| Altoviti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Altovito" from the Lombardian name Altowido. |
| Alunni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "student" from the Latin alunni. |
| Amadei |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Amadeo". |
| Amadori |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Amatore. |
| Amalberti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Amalberto". From the Germanic (Francian) name Amalbertus, composed of amal- "heroic" and beraht "famous". |
| Amantea |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the place name Amantea, a town in Calabria. |
| Amato |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Latin given name Amatus, from amare meaning "to love". |
| Amatore |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Amator". From the medieval name Amator, meaning "lover" in Latin. |
| Ambrogi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ambrogio". |
| Ambrosi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Ambrogio". |
| Amello |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the Latin name Amellus, coming from the name of a flower. |
| Amerighi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Amerigo". |
| Amoretto |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Amoretto". From the Latin name Amor meaning "love" and -etto, a diminutive. |
| Angioli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Angiolo", a diminutive of Angelo. |
| Ansaldi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Ansaldo". From the Germanic name Answald (see Oswald). |
| Anselmetti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Anselmetto", a derivative of Anselm. |
| Anselmi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Anselmo". |
| Antonelli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from a diminutive of the given name Antonio. The suffix -elli means "little". |
| Antonini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a diminutive of the given name Antonio. |
| Antonino |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the diminutive form of Antonio. |
| Aquila |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname meaning "eagle". |
| Aquino |
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Usage: Spanish, Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from the name of an Italian town near Rome and Frosinone: Aquino, the native town of San Tommaso d'Aquino (Saint Thomas Aquinas). In Italy it is a regional surname, not very popular. In Spain it originally became popular as a given name because of devotion to Saint Thomas, and from there became used as a surname. |
| Arbore |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the Latin arbor meaning "tree" (see Albero). |
| Ardiccioni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Ardiccione", from the medieval name Ardiccione. |
| Ardizzone |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "big Arditio". Arditio finds it's origins in the Germanic element hard meaning "strong". |
| Ardovini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Ardovino", which was from the Germanic name Hardwin, composed of hard "strong" and win "friend". |
| Arena |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of several places. Means "sand" in Italian and Spanish. |
| Aringheri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Aringherio", from the Latin name Aringherius. |
| Arlotti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Arlotto", from the Latin name Arloctus. |
| Armani |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Armano". From the Germanic name Herman. |
| Armati |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Armato" from the Latin name Armatus. |
| Armonni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Armonne" from the medieval name Armonne. |
| Arnolfi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Arnolfo" from the name Arnolfus, probably Germanic. |
| Arnoni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Arnone" from the medieval name Arnone. |
| Arrighetti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Arrighetto" from the Latin name Arrighectus, a diminutive of Arrigo (see Arrighi). |
| Arrighi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Arrigo". From the Germanic name Arrigus, probably composed of har- "army" and -ric "powerful". |
| Arrigucci |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Arriguccio" from the Latin name Arriguccius, a diminutive of Arrigo (see Arrighi). |
| Aucciello |
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Usage: Italian
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| A variant of Uccello. |
| Azzarà |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From Southern Italy. It derives (like all the surnames with an accent on the final a) from Greek dialects of Calabria or Sicily. It means "fisherman". |
| Baggi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "from Baggi (Milan), Italy". |
| Baggio |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Baggi. This surname is famous around Europe because of the footballer Roberto Baggio. |
| Baglio |
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Usage: Italian
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| The Italian equivalent of the English surname Bailey. It means "bailiff". |
| Bagni |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "public bath house attendant" from the Latin balnea. |
| Bagnoli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A diminutive form of Bagni. |
| Balboni |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Balbono", from the Latin name Balbonus. |
| Baldi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the short form of names that included the Germanic element bald meaning "brave, bold". |
| Baldini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Baldino". Baldino is a diminutive of Baldo, from names starting with the Germanic element bald- "bold". |
| Baldinotti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Baldinotto". From the name Baldinoctus, probably from Baldo, short for names with the Germanic component bald- "bold". |
| Baldovini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Italian form of Baldwin. |
| Bandini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Bandino". From the Latin name Bandinus. |
| Bandoni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Bandone". From the medieval name Bandone, meaning "sheet of iron". |
| Barbieri |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Italian cognate of Barber. |
| Barone |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the title of barone ("baron"), derived from the Germanic baro ("free man"). |
| Barsetti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Barsetto" from the Latin name Barsectus. |
| Bartalotti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Bartalotto". Probably from Bartolo, a short form of Bartolomeo. |
| Bartolomei |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Bartolomeo. |
| Bartolomeo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Bartolomeo. |
| Barzetti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Barsetti. |
| Basile |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Basile or Basilio. |
| Bassanelli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive form of Bassani. |
| Bassani |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the place name Bassano, multiple villages in Italy. |
| Bassi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Basso, common in northern Italy. |
| Basso |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Nickname for a person who is rather short, from Latin bassus "thickset". |
| Basurto |
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Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "in the middle of the forest", from a region in Spain. |
| Battaglia |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "battle". Ranked 94th most common in Italy. |
| Bazzoli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Bazzolo", from the given name Baczolus. |
| Bellandi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Bellando" from the given name Bellandus. |
| Bellandini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive form of Bellandi. |
| Bellincioni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Bellincione", from the medieval name Bellincione. |
| Bellini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Bellino". From the Italian name Bello meaning "beautiful". |
| Bello |
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Usage: Spanish, Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "beautiful" in Spanish and Italian. |
| Bellomi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Bellomo", a given name composed of bellus and homo meaning "beautiful man". |
| Belloni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Augmented form of Bello. |
| Belluomi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Bellomi. |
| Belmonte |
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Usage: Spanish, Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "beautiful mountain". Place in Calabria, southern Italy. |
| Bencivenni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Bencivenne", from the medieval name Bencivenne. |
| Benedetti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Benedetto. |
| Benenati |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Benenato", given name derived from bene and natus meaning "born good". |
| Benetton |
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Usage: Italian
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| Italian regional variant of Benedetti. |
| Benini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Benino" from a diminutive of Bene/Beno, short forms of Benedetto. |
| Benivieni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Beniviene", from a medieval given name. |
| Benvenuti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Benvenuto". |
| Berardi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Berardo", from a variant of Bernardo. |
| Bergamaschi |
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Usage: Italian
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| It indicated the inhabitants of the city of Bergamo, in Lombardy. |
| Berti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derives from given names like Alberto, Roberto, Adalberto and so on. |
| Bertolini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Berti. |
| Biancardi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Italian words bianca meaning "white" and cardi meaning "thistle". |
| Bianchi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "white" from Italian bianco. Given to a person who was white-haired or extremely pale. |
| Bicchieri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "drinking glasses" in Italian. |
| Biondi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It means "fair-haired" in Italian. The name of an American champion of swimming: Matt Biondi. |
| Biondo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Biondi. |
| Boerio |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname meaning "ox" (see Bove). |
| Bologna |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the city of Bologna, one of the most important Italian cities. The surname is spread in southern Italy. |
| Bondesan |
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Usage: Italian
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| Venetian regional surname derived from the name of the town of Bondeno, near the well known city of Ferrara, belonging to the district of Rovigo. |
| Bonomo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from a medieval given name Bonomo. This name dates back to the 8th century and means "good man". |
| Borghi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Locative origin. It comes from the place name Borgo quite spread around Italy. |
| Borgnino |
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Usage: Italian
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| From nickname derived from the Piemontese dialect word borgno. It means "blind in one eye" or "squinting". This was the real surname of american actor Ernest Borgnine. His parents were Italians, his father coming from the area of Alessandria (in Piemonte). |
| Borgogni |
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Usage: Italian
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From the name of the French region "Bourgogne" near Paris. This surname dates back to the 11th or 12th century. |
| Bosco |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "forest" in Italian. |
| Bove |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from an Italian nickname meaning "bull". |
| Bovér |
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Usage: Italian
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| Venetian variant of Bove. |
| Boveri |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the word bove, old Italian, that is "ox". |
| Brambani |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Locative origins: from the name of an alpine valley Val Brembama. It is typical of Germasino, a very small village near Como, in northern Lombardy. |
| Brambilla |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Locative surname from the Italian town Brembilla (near Milano). |
| Breda |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of a place Breda near Venice. This surname is typical of the region of Venice. |
| Brioschi |
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Usage: Italian
|
| A locative surname derived from the town of Briosco, near Milan. This surname is quite common in Milan. |
| Brivio |
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Usage: Italian
|
| From the name of a town Brivio, near Como in Lombardy. Like the French place name Brive, it is supposed to come from a Celtic word meaning "bridge". This surname is quite common in Milano. |
| Brunetti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Diminutive of Bruno. |
| Bruno |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "brown" in Italian, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes. |
| Buffone |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Italian for "jester". |
| Bulgarelli |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Diminutive of Bulgari. |
| Bulgari |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Originally an Italian nickname meaning "Bulgarian". |
| Buonarroti |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From the medieval given name Buonarroto meaning "good increase". Even if it is rare this name still exists in Italy. It is the surname of Michelangelo (1475-1564). |
| Busto |
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Usage: Spanish, Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Of locative origin, from the name of towns in Spain and Italy (there are two near Milan in northern Italy: Busto Arsizio and Busto Garolfo, colloquially called Busto Grande "large Busto" and Bustino "little Busto"). Busto is derived from Late Latin bustum "ox pasture". |
| Caiazzo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of Caiazzo, a little city near Naples. |
| Caivano |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Locative from the town of Caivano in the province of Casserta near Naples. |
| Calabrese |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally given to a person from the region Calabria in southern Italy. |
| Calligaris |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Means "shoemaker" in Italian. |
| Campana |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from the Latin word meaning "bell". It generally derives from a nickname. |
| Campo |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| It is a locative surname used both in Spain and Italy. It means "field". It comes from various place names such as Campo Calabro (in Reggio Calabria), Campo di Giove (in Aquila), and Campo di Trens (in Bolzano). |
| Cantu |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from Cantu, a town located in Italy near Como in Lombardy. It is extremely common in Mexico. |
| Capello |
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Usage: Italian
|
| From Late Latin capa meaning "cloak, cape". This was a name for one who made or wore cloaks. |
| Capitani |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Occupational surname meaning "captain" in Italian. |
| Carbone |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname carbone that means "coal". Ranked 81st in Italy. |
| Carboni |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Carbone. |
| Carideo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Name for someone from San Pietro di Caridà, a place near Reggio Calabria in Italy. |
| Carlevaro |
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Usage: Italian
|
| From a nickname that means "carnival". It is a regional surname of the area of Torino. |
| Caro |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
|
| From caro, that means "beloved" in Italian and Spanish. |
| Carracci |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Meaning "of Carrarra" from the city bearing that name. |
| Carrara |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| This surname comes from the name of a city. Besides the famous 'city of marble' in Tuscany there are two other towns near Padova that bear the same name. |
| Caruso |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| In southern Italy caruso means "boy" or "shop boy". It is the 35th most popular Italian surname. |
| Cassano |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Meaning someone from Cassano, Italy. |
| Castro |
|
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "castle" in Spanish/Italian/Portuguese, and referred to one who lived near a castle. |
| Catalano |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from the name of the Spanish region Catalonia. |
| Cattaneo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Regional (Lombardy) variant of Capitani. |
| Cavallo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derives from the word cavallo meaning "horse". This surname is common in Piedmont. |
| Cingolani |
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Usage: Italian
|
| From Cingoli, a town in the Marche region, not far from Rome. |
| Cino |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Derived from the first name Cino, a short form of names ending in Cino. |
| Cipriani |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Cipriano. |
| Cisternino |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From the name of a town Cisternino, near the city of Bari in southern Italy. |
| Coiro |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From Italian cuoio, which means "leather." This was an occupational surname for leather workers and tanners. |
| Cola |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Nicola. |
| Colombera |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| A locative surname coming from the word colombo "dove". It indicates a house where doves were held. |
| Colombo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Colombo. This is the Italian surname of Christofer Columbus. |
| Columbo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from Italian columba meaning "dove", given to a dove keeper. |
| Como (1) |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Giacomo. |
| Como (2) |
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Usage: Italian
|
| From Como, a city of Lombardy, the rival city of Milano during the Middle Ages. |
| Confortola |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From an old Italian first name Conforto, meaning "comfort". |
| Conti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "count" (as in the noble title) from Old French conte. It denoted a person who worked for a count or, in rare cases, was a count. |
| Corna |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derives mostly from names of places typical of northern Italy, especially Lombardy. Places called Corna come from a pre-Latin word of the Lombard dialect corna, that means "craggy". |
| Corti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From Italian corte meaning "court", a locative surname. |
| Corvi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A nickname from the name of the bird corvo, Italian for "crow". |
| Costa |
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Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "coast or riverbank" in Italian, denoting a person who lived at one of those places. |
| Costantini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Costantino. |
| Costanzo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the masculine first name Costanzo. |
| Cracchiolo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Italian word cracchiola, a chicory-like vegetable. |
| Cremaschi |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| It comes from the name of a city in Lombardy, northern Italy: Crema (near Cremona). |
| Cremona |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A locative surname that derives from the Italian city of Cremona, south from Milan, in Lombardy. The Cremona families come especially from Sicily. |
| Cremonesi |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| It comes from the name of a city in Lombardy: Cremona. |
| Crespo |
|
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Extra: Statistics |
| Referred to a person with curly hair, from Latin crispus. |
| Croce |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A locative surname meaning "cross" (see Cross). |
| Crocetti |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A locative surname coming from names of places like Crocette, the main word is croce "cross" (see Cross). Dino Paolo Crocetti is the real name of the American singer and actor Dean Martin whose family came from Abruzzo. |
| Cucinotta |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "little kitchen", it is derived from the word cucina, which means "kitchen". |
| Cuocco |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Cognate of Cook. |
| Cuoco |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Cognate of Cook. |
| D'Ambrosio |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Ambrogio or the old form Ambrosio. |
| Damiani |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Damiano. |
| D'Amore |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "of love", perhaps a nickname for an illegitimate child. |
| D'Angelo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Angelo". It is the 40th most common Italian surname. |
| D'Antonio |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Antonio". |
| De Angelis |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of D'Angelo. |
| De Campo |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| A locative surname derived from place names called Campo. |
| De Felice |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Felice". |
| De Filippis |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Filippo". |
| De Fiore |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Fiore. |
| De Laurentis |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Laurentius (Lorenzo)". |
| De Luca |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Patronymic surname derived from the given name Luca. |
| De Palma |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from the palm tree". |
| De Rege |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From a nickname re that is "king". |
| De Santis |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the old Latin first name Sanctus (see the Italian first name Santo). Quite a few Italian names end in s - it could be a trace of the Latin ablative case. |
| De Vitis |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "son of Vito", a Latinized form. |
| Di Antonio |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Variant of D'Antonio. |
| Di Caprio |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the island of Capri near Naples. |
| Di Mercurio |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "son of Mercurio", a given name derived from the name of the god Mercury. |
| Dinapoli |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "from Naples" in Italian. |
| Dioli |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From the given masculine name Andrea. |
| Di Pasqua |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "of Easter" in Italian. |
| Di Pietro |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Pietro" in Italian. |
| Di Stefano |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Stefano". |
| Donati |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Donato. |
| D'Onofrio |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Onofrio". |
| Drago |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "dragon". |
| Elena |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Elena. |
| Episcopo |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "bishop" in Italian. |
| Ermacora |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From the old given name Ermacora. Regional of northeastern Italy (Friuli region). |
| Esposito |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "exposed" in Italian and denoted an infant that was rescued after being abandoned by its parents. |
| Evangelista |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "evangelist" in Italian. A famous bearer of this name is top model Linda Evangelista. |
| Fabbri |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It means "blacksmith", from latin faber. |
| Fabbro |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "blacksmith" in Italian. |
| Falco |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from Italian falco "falcon". The name was used to denote either a falconer, a person who resembled a falcon in some way, or a person living on or near Monte Falco in the Appenines. |
| Faraldo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from an old German name Farwald, meaning unknown. It is borne in the area of Genoa. |
| Farina |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname indicating somebody who produces "meal" or "flour", that is a miller. |
| Farro |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A surname derived from a location. To be specific from Sicily, Italy where a wheat called Farro is found. |
| Fattore |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| This surname comes from the Italian word fattore that is a "land agent" on a farm. |
| Fausti |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From the given name Fausto. |
| Fava |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from the word fava meaning "broad bean". |
| Favero |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A variant of Fabbro. |
| Fermi |
|
Usage: Italian, Jewish
|
| A locative surname coming from the town of Fermo in Marche region, not far from Rome. It is often a Jewish surname. A Jewish community was in Fermo in the past centuries. |
| Ferrara |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Occupational name for a metal worker or smith, derived from Latin ferrum meaning "iron", and thus an Italian version of Smith. The name may also refer to an inhabitant of the city of Ferrara. |
| Ferrari |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Occupational name for a metal worker or smith, derived from Latin ferrum meaning "iron", and thus an Italian version of Smith. |
| Ferraro |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A variant of Ferrari. |
| Ferrero |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It is a regional variant of Ferrari, it comes from the profession of the blacksmith. Typical of the area of Turin. It is the 83d mot common Italian surname. |
| Ferro |
|
Usage: Italian, Portuguese
Extra: Statistics |
| Meaning "iron" from Latin, comes probably from a nickname for one who worked with iron. |
| Fierro |
|
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Cognate of Ferro. |
| Filippi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Filippo. |
| Fini |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from first names like Adolfino, Pandolfino, Serafino, etc. |
| Fiore |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from an old given name Fiore, meaning "flower". |
| Fiscella (1) |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Fisco, Fisco being an archaic pet form of Francesco. |
| Fiscella (2) |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from Sicilian fiscella -- the word for a basket used to conserve cheese. The name was probably used to denote a person who made cheese. |
| Fonda |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Originated near Venice in a place called Fonda. Spread afterwards to the area near Trieste, especially in Pirano (Piran now). The family of Henry Fonda came from Holland, but they were of Genoese origin, but most probably their origin was from Venice or Trieste. |
| Fontana |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "fountain" in Italian. |
| Fortunato |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Fortunato. The number of Fortunato immigrants has been remarkable: more than 1400 in 30 years from 1890 to 1920. |
| Franco |
|
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
|
| Cognate of Frank (1). |
| Franzese |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "frenchman". It is typical of the area of Naples. |
| Furlan |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of an Italian region of the northeast Friuli, Italian variant Friulano. |
| Gabrielli |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the personal name Gabriello, a variant of Gabriele. |
| Gagliardi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from an adjective gagliardo meaning "very strong". |
| Gallo |
|
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "cock, rooster" from Latin gallus. This was a nickname for a proud person. |
| Ganza |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Has its origins in the feminine medieval first name Allegranza or Alleganza. It comes from northern Lombardy. |
| Garfagnini |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From the name of the region in Tuscany near the historical city of Lucca: Garfagnana. A Garfagnino is an inhabitant of this area. |
| Garofalo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| 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"). The word garofalu in Sicilian dialects or the Calabrian dialect could also mean an "eddy" of sea water in the Messina Strait. |
| Gaspari |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Gaspare. |
| Gatti |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "cat" in Italian and indicates an agile person. |
| Genovese |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of one of the most important Italian cities Genova (Genoa). |
| Gentile |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "gentle, kind, noble". |
| Germano |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Germano. |
| Giannino |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Derived from the first name Gianni. |
| Gimondi |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Derived from a given name of Germanic origin, Ginmund. It existed in Lombardy in the 10th century. It is well known because of Felice Gimondi (born near Bergamo in 1942) who ranks among the top 10 cyclists of all-time. |
| Giordano |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Giordano. |
| Gismondi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from the first name Gismondo, of Germanic origin. |
| Giùgovaz |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| It is an Italianization of a Slavic surname Jugovac that comes from the given name Joachim. Typical of the area of Trieste. |
| Giunta |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
|
Comes from the old Italian first name Bonagiunta or Bonaggiunta (aggiungere in Italian means "to add"). |
| Gori |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A variant of Gregori, from the given name Gregorio. |
| Greco |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Greece" in Italian. |
| Grillo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From an Italian nickname meaning "cricket", perhaps given originally to a cheerful person (the cricket is associated with cheerfulness). Documented in Bari in 1151. |
| Grimaldi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the old Germanic given name Grimaldo. It is the name of the Prince of Monaco, Ranieri II. This noble family came from Genoa. |
| Gronchi |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Comes from the Tuscan word gronchio that indicates a "numb" person or even a "bent" person. This is an Italian regional surname typical of Tuscany, namely of the two provinces of Pisa and Firenze. This surname is known in Italy because of Giovanni Gronchi (1887-1978). Gronchi was president of the Italian Republic from 1955 up to 1962, in a period of great economical growth for Italy. |
| Guarneri |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a given name coming from the Old German name Warinhari (see Werner). |
| Guerra |
|
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname for a belligerent person, one eager to fight, or one engaged in warfare. It means "war". |
| Guerriero |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Italian form of Guerrero. |
| Guidi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Guido. Ranked 113th in Italy. |
| Guttuso |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From a Sicilian nickname guttusu that means "sad person". It was name of the famous Italian painter Renato Guttuso (born 1912). |
| Idoni |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "fit, suitable" from the Latin word idoneus. |
| Innocenti |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "innocent" in Italian. |
| Labriola |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "a person from Abriola". Abriola is a town in Southern Italy. |
| Làconi |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Sardinian surname from a name of the town Làconi near the city of Nuoro. |
| Laganà |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| This Italian surname derives from Greek dialects that are spoken in southern Italy, namely in Calabria. It is an occupational surname that means "greengrocer" (ortolano in Italian). Surnames derived from Greek dialects often end with an accent on final the a, o or i. |
| Lagomarsìno |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It is a locative surname of Genoa and surroundings derived from the place name Lagomarsino (near Genoa). |
| Lagorio |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "green-lizard". That little reptile has a good reputation and it is respected because is supposed to protect man against vipers. The surname is typical of the Genoa region. |
| Laguardia |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally an occupational surname meaning "sentry" or "sentinel". It also had a locative meaning "watchtower". Fiorello Laguardia was the first mayor of New York of Italian origin. |
| Lama |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the name place Lama, quite common around Italy. |
| Lamberti |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Lamberto, Lamberto being the Italian form of Lambert. |
| Lamon |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A locative surname from the name of a village near the city of Belluno. This surname is from the area of Venice. |
| Landi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It is derived from the first name Lando (seeLance). |
| Lando |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Landi. |
| Landolfi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the old Germanic given name Lanawulfa. |
| Laterza |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Typical of Southern Italy: it comes from the place name Laterza, a town near Taranto in the Puglia region. |
| Laurito |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the town Laurito, near Salerno in the area of Naples. |
| Lazzari |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Lazzaro". |
| Lecce |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "a person from Lecce, Italy". |
| Leccese |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Means "a person from Lecce, Italy". |
| Leggièri |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| Sicilian surname indicating a "light" person, not serious, superficial. |
| Lèmmi |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From the given name Guglielmo. It is typical of Tuscany. |
| Leone |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Leone. |
| Leoni |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Leone. |
| Lippi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Filippo. It is common in the area of Florence. |
| Locatelli |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From Locatello, a place in Lombardy near the city of Bergamo in Northern Italy. |
| Lombardi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Name for someone who came from the Lombardy region in Italy. The region got its name from the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded in the 6th century. |
| Longo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Italian cognate of Long. |
| Lupo |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From an Italian nickname meaning "wolf". |
| Luzzatto |
|
Usage: Italian, Jewish
|
| From Lusatia, a region of northern Germany from where a Jewish community came in about the 15th/16th century. |
| Maestri |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "master" in Italian. |
| Magro |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "thin, lean" (Latin macer). |
| Mancini |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Diminutive of Manco. |
| Manco |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "left-handed" in Italian. |
| Mancuso |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Sicilian regional variant of Manco. |
| Manfredi |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the personal name Manfredo. |
| Manfredonia |
|
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Manfredonia, Italy". The place is derived from the King Manfred, who was given land and named it Manfredonia. |
| Mantovani |
|
Usage: Italian
|
| From the name of the city of Mantova in Lombardy. |
| Marchegiano |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of an Italian region, the Marche region. It is the real surname of Rocky Marciano: the famous American boxer. |
| Marchesi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from the title marchese meaning "marquis". |
| Marchetti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a diminutive of the given name Marco. |
| Marchioni |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Melchior. |
| Marconi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Marco. |
| Mari |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| An aphetic form of Altimari. |
| Maria |
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Usage: Italian, Portuguese
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given the name Maria. |
| Mariani |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Mariano. |
| Marino |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Marino. |
| Marmo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "marble" in Italian. |
| Martelli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "hammer" from the Late Latin marcellus, this probably denoted a person who worked as a smith. Sometimes this surname is derived from the personal name Martel which is a pet form of Martin and Marthe. |
| Martinelli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a diminutive of the given name Martino. |
| Masi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Maso a variant of Tommaso. |
| Masin |
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Usage: Italian
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| Venetian variant of Masi. |
| Maurell |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
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| Means "little Mauro". |
| Mazza |
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Usage: Italian
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| Comes from nicknames meaning "maul" or "mallet" in Italian. |
| Merlo |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
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| Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person. |
| Messana |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the Sicilian city Messina. The city was named for the original Greek settlers' homeland Messene, which is from the Greek word mesos meaning "middle". |
| Micheli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Michele. |
| Milani |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Milano. |
| Milano |
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Usage: Italian
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| Name for someone who came from Milan, Italy. It means "middle plain". |
| Modugno |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the town Modugno, in Apulia, in southern Italy. It is known around the world as the surname of the Italian actor and singer Domenico Modugno (1928-1994) the author of 'Volare' and many other songs. |
| Mondadori |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "fleece selector" from the Old Italian emendatore. Their job would have been to chose the best fleeces to be made into to wool. |
| Mondo |
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Usage: Italian
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| It comes from the first name Edmondo. |
| Montagna |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "mountain" in Italian. |
| Montana |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Montagna. |
| Montanari |
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Usage: Italian
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| It means "man who comes from the mountain" in Italian. |
| Monte |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Monti. |
| Monti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "mountain, hill" in Italian. |
| Morandi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Italian medieval first name Morando. |
| Moretti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from a diminutive of the Italian given name Mauro. |
| Morra |
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Usage: Italian
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| A locative surname derived from Morra De Sanctis, a place near Naples, Italy. |
| Moschella |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "housefly" in Italian, perhaps originally as a nickname for an annoying person. |
| Mosconi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname, a variant of mosca "fly". |
| Motta |
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Usage: Italian
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| From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill". |
| Muggia |
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Usage: Italian
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| A locative surname from the area of Trieste, the capital city of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Muggia is a municipality near the Croatian border. |
| Muraro |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Occupational origin, indicating the profession of a "mason". |
| Murgia |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the Sardinian word for "brine" or "pickle". |
| Murtas |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the Sardinian word murta imeaning "myrtle". This surname has a locative origin. |
| Nacar |
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Usage: Italian
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| Possibly from naccaro ("player of the tambourine") which derives from the Arabic naqqara. |
| Naggi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the town of Naggio in Italy. |
| Naggia |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Naggi. |
| Naldi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From given names like Arnaldo and Rinaldo. |
| Nana |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a pet form of Giovanni. |
| Nani |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Nana. |
| Nanni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Nana. |
| Nannini |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a diminutive of Giovanni, Nanni. |
| Napoleoni |
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Usage: Italian
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| This surname comes from the old medieval name Napoleone (see Napoleon). This name became popular because of Napoleone Buonaparte, also known as Napoléon I, emperor of France. |
| Napoletani |
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Usage: Italian
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| Like Napoleoni it indicated a person from Napoli (Naples). |
| Napoliello |
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Usage: Italian
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| Like Napoleoni it indicated a person from Napoli (Naples). |
| Nardi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from the first name Nardo which originally was an aphaeresis of names like Bernardo or Leonardo. |
| Nardo |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Nardi. |
| Nardovino |
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Usage: Italian
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| Either from Nardi or from the name Ardovino which was derived from the Germanic name Hardwin (hard- "strong" and -win "friend"). |
| Nasato |
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Usage: Italian
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| Nickname for someone with a prominent nose, from Italian naso "nose". |
| Nascimbene |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Nascimbeni. |
| Nascimbeni |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the medieval given name Nascimbene meaning "born well". Typical of the Venetian region. |
| Natale |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname referring to Christmas. It was originally given to a person who had some connection to the holiday. |
| Nave |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From Italian places called Nave or likewise. |
| Nazario |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Nazario. |
| Necchi |
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Usage: Italian
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| 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 |
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Usage: Italian
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| A nickname meaning "black" for someone with dark hair or dark skin or such. |
| Negrini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Negri. |
| Nelli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Nello, a short form of names like Brunello and Lionello. |
| Nenci |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Nencio". Nencio is a Tuscan diminutive of the name Lorenzo. |
| Nepi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the town Nepi, which is believed to be founded by Jewish Italians. |
| Neri |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from the Italian word nero "black". It indicates a person with a dark complexion or dark hair. |
| Neroni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Negrini. |
| Nervetti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Possibly a nickname for an innkeeper, from the archaic Milanese word nervètt, which is a local dish. |
| Nervi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the town Nervi, in Genova. |
| Nespola |
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Usage: Italian
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| From towns like Nespoli and Nespoledo, from the Italian word nespola meaning "medlar (tree)". |
| Nicastro |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the town Nicastro, near Catanzaro. |
| Nicchi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the Italian word nicchio meaning "shell", possibly a nickname for people related to the sea. |
| Nicodemo |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Nicodemo". |
| Nicolai |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Nicola". |
| Nicolosi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the town Nicolosi on Sicily. |
| Nicosia |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the town Nicosia on Sicily. |
| Nicotera |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From town names like Marina di Nicotera and Nicotera in Calabria. |
| Nieddu |
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Usage: Italian
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| A nickname meaning "black" from the Sardinian adjective nieddu. |
| Nieri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Either a variant of Neri, or from the Italian name Raniero. |
| Nigro |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Neri. |
| Nisi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Niso", where Niso is from the Greek name Nisus. |
| Nizzola |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the Italian town Nizzola. |
| Noschese |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the town Nusco, near Naples. |
| Notaro |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "scribe, clerk" from the Latin notarius. |
| Notoriano |
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Usage: Italian
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| Occupational name meaning "scribe". |
| Oberti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Uberto. |
| Oberto |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Uberto. |
| Ongaro |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Ungaro. |
| Orlando |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Orlando. |
| Orsini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "little bear" in Italian. |
| Pace |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Italian given name Pace which meant "peace". |
| Padovan |
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Usage: Italian
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| Regional form of Padovano. |
| Padovano |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally denoted one who came frm the city of Padua (Padova) in Italy. |
| Pagani |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Pagano. |
| Pagano |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the old nickname pagano meaning "pagan" (earlier sense "rustic"). |
| Palladino |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Italin term palladin, meaning "knight". |
| Palmisano |
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Usage: Italian
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| A locative surname from southern Italy. From the town of Palmi in the Calabria region. |
| Palumbo |
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Usage: Italian
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| From an old medieval regional nickname palumbo meaning "pigeon". Typical of southern Italy. |
| Panzavecchia |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname meaning "old stomach". |
| Parisi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Paris, France". |
| Parma |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from the city of Parma, well known in Italy for its artistic beauties. |
| Parodi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of a village near Genoa. It is the 117th most common Italian surname. |
| Parri |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Gaspare. |
| Parrino |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a family word that indicates a "godfather". In Sicily o parrino could be also a "parish priest". |
| Passerini |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of a bird passero, that is "sparrow". |
| Pastore |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| It comes from the occupation pastore, meaning "shepherd". |
| Paternoster |
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Usage: Italian, English
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| Derived from the Latin phrase pater noster "our Father". Pater noster are the typical opening words of a prayer. |
| Pavesi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city of Pavia, near Milano in Lombardy, Italy. |
| Pavone |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Pavoni. |
| Pavoni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "peacock" from Italian pavone. Originally a nickname for a proud or haughty person. |
| Pecora |
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Usage: Italian
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| Occupational name for a shepherd, meaning "flock". |
| Pedrotti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Pietro. |
| Pellegrino |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "little pilgrim" from the Latin peregrinus. |
| Perugia |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city of Perugia, 200 km from Rome, regional capital of Umbria. |
| Pesaresi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city of Pesaro, in the Marche region. |
| Pesaro |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city of Pesaro, in the Marche region. |
| Pesce |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "fisherman" or "fish-like" from the Italian pesce meaning "fish". |
| Petri |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Pietro. |
| Pherigo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Federico. |
| Piazza |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "plaza" in Italian, indicating that the residence of the original bearer was near the town square. |
| Piccirillo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Piccoli. |
| Piccoli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A nickname for a person who is short, from Italian piccino "small". |
| Pierno |
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Usage: Italian
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| Locative surname derived from the name of the town Pierno in Southern Italy near Potenza. |
| Pietri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the first name Pietro. |
| Pini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| A name for a person who lived near a pine tree, from Latin pinus. |
| Piovene |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the Venetian town of Piovene. |
| Piraino |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Locative origin, derived from the name of a place Piraino, on Sicily. |
| Pisani |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from the name of the inhabitants of Pisa, one of the most important cities of Tuscany. |
| Pittaluga |
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Usage: Italian
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| Originally a local nickname of somebody who "steals grapes" from vinyards. In Genoa pittà means "to pick" and uga is "grapes" (uva in Italian). Typical of the Genoa region. |
| Poggi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller on a hill(ock)" from the Italian poggio. |
| Poggio |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller on a hill(ock)" from the Italian poggio. |
| Poletti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from a diminutive of the given name Paolo. This surname is typical of Northern and Central Italy. |
| Pontecorvo |
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Usage: Italian, Jewish
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| From the name of a village near Rome, where an Israeli community settled centuries ago. |
| Portelli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive form of Porto. |
| Porto |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Designated a person who lived near a harbour, from Italian porto, Latin portus. |
| Portoghese |
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Usage: Italian
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| A nickname for a person coming from Portugal. |
| Potenza |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the city of Potenza, the main town of the Basilicata region in Southern Italy. |
| Pozzi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Locative surname meaning "a well" from Latin puteus. Pozzo as a regional word means also a pond or stagnant water. |
| Profeta |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Italian word profeta meaning "prophet". Probably this surname comes from a nickname indicating a person who wanted to predict the future. Profeta is a surname typical of southern Italy. |
| Prosdocimi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Prosdocimo, a medieval given name from the old Greek Prosdokimos. |
| Provenza |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the region in southern France, Provence (in Italian it is spelled Provenza). |
| Provenzano |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Provenza. This is a regional spelling of southern Italy, namely Sicily and Calabria. |
| Pugliese |
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Usage: Italian
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| 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 |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| The meaning is "forty". It comes from a nickname. |
| Quattrocchi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| This surname came from Sciacca in Sicily and is formed from quattro meaning "four" and occhi meaning "eyes". The original Quattrocchi family were judges and barons. It is a relatively rare Italian surname, usually found in Sicily. |
| Ragno |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "spider". |
| Raimondi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Raimondo. |
| Rais |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| An occupational surname indicating the ràis, the fisherman who directed the fishing. The surname is typical of Sicily and Sardinia and probably has Arabian origins. |
| Rana |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "frog" in Italian and Spanish. It is a from the region of Bari and Puglia. The surname exists also in Spain and South America but apparently is not very common. |
| Raneri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the Italian personal name Raniero. |
| Rao |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Rollo. |
| Rapallino |
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Usage: Italian
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| A surname from the area of Genoa with a locative origin from the town of Rapallo. |
| Ratti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "rat", denoting a sly individual. |
| Ravenna |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the important city of Ravenna, near Bologna, in northern Italy. |
| Ré |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "king" from the Latin rex, regis, denoting a person who acted like a king. |
| Ricchetti |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Diminutive form of Ricci. |
| Ricci |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From Italian ricco "curly", a nickname for someone with curly hair. |
| Riggi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of the city Reggio of Calabria. |
| Righi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Arrigo (see Arrighi). |
| Rinaldi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Rinaldo. |
| Riva |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller by a river, lake" from the Latin ripa. |
| Rizzo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Ricci. |
| Robustelli |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname inticating a strong person from the Italian word robusto "strong". |
| Rocca |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Locative surname from the name of several places called Rocca spread around Italy. |
| Rocchi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Rocco. |
| Rocco |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Rocco. |
| Roma (1) |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the personal name Romanus. See Roman. |
| Roma (2) |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Rome, Italy". Described either a person from there or someone who had been there. |
| Romagna |
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Usage: Italian
|
| From the region of Romagna, on the Adriatic coast. |
| Romagnoli |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Diminutive form of Romagna. |
| Romano (1) |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Romano. |
| Romano (2) |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Denoted someone who was from the city of Rome. Romano's also originated from Rome in Provincia de Foggia on the east coast of Italy. |
| Roncalli |
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Usage: Italian
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| This surname has a locative origin. It comes from the names of places like Ronco or Ronchi, quite common in northern Italy. It is the surname of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881-1963), pope Giovanni XXIII one of the most the popular popes of the Roman Catholic Church of the last century. |
| Ronchi |
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Usage: Italian
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| A locative surname coming from a place named Ronco. It is common in northern and central Italy. |
| Rosa |
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Usage: Italian, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "rose" from the Latin rosa. Perhaps denoting a person who lived where roses grew or had a rosy complexion. |
| Rossi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus. |
| Rossini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "little red head" from the name Rossi. |
| Rotolo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from a nickname indicating an old measure. The word rotolu comes from southern Italian dialects, and derives from the Arabic or Greek language. |
| Rovigatti |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city of Rovigo near Venice. |
| Ruggeri |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the personal name Ruggero. |
| Russo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Rossi. |
| Rustici |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a medieval nickname indicating a "rustic" man living in the country. |
| Ruzzier |
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Usage: Italian
|
| From a dialectal variant of Ruggero. Typical of northeastern Italy, the area of Trieste. |
| Sabbadin |
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Usage: Italian
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| From sabbato "Saturday", a name for one born on that day of the week. |
| Sacco |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "sack-maker". |
| Sala |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "worker at a manor house" from the Old French salle. |
| Salucci |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Means "salt". |
| Salvaggi |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Italian form of Savage. |
| Salvai |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Means "to save" from the Italian salvai. |
| Salvail |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Variant of Salvai. |
| Salvatici |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Italian form of Savage. |
| Salvay |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Variant of Salvai. |
| Sanna (1) |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "one with a big protruding tooth". |
| Sansone |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Italian form of Samson. |
| Santini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "little Santo". |
| Santoro |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "all saint's day" in Italian, a nickname for one born on that day. |
| Sapienti |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Means "wise" in Latin or Italian, most likely given to someone who was wise or behaved wisely. |
| Sarno |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Sarno, Italy". |
| Sarti |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Variant of Sarto. |
| Sartini |
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Usage: Italian
|
| Diminutive form of Sarto. |
| Sarto |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Occupational surname meaning "tailor" in Italian, from Latin sartus "to mend". |
| Savona |
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Usage: Italian
|
| From the name of the city of Savona, near Genoa. |
| Scarpa |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "shoemaker" from the Italian scarpa meaning "shoe". |
| Scarsi |
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Usage: Italian
|
| A nickname for a poor or miserly person from the Italian scarso "scarse, scant". |
| Scavo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "serf, slave" from the Old Sicilian scavu. |
| Sciacca |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Sciacca, Italy". |
| Sciacchitano |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Sciacca. |
| Sciarra |
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Usage: Italian
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| From Sicilian sciarra meaning "quarrel, dispute", originally a nickname for a quarrelsome person. |
| Scordato |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "forgotten, left behind". |
| Scotti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Comes from the pet name Francescotto, from Francesco. |
| Scutese |
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Usage: Italian
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| Possibly means "Scottish" from the Italian scozzeze. |
| Sebastiani |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the name Sebastiano. |
| Sebastino |
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Usage: Italian
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| A diminutive form of Sebastian. |
| Segreti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "confidant" from the Old Italian segreto. |
| Selmone |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "from Selmone (Sulmona), Italy". |
| Selvaggio |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Italian form of Savage. |
| Serafin |
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Usage: Polish, Italian
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| Variant of Serafim. |
| Serafini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Serafim. |
| Serpico |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "serpent, reptile" from the Italian serpe. |
| Sessa |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "from Sessa, Italy". |
| Sgro |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "curly-haired" from the Greek sgouros. |
| Siena |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "from Siena, Italy". |
| Silvestri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Silvester. |
| Sinagra (1) |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "from Sinagra, Sicily". |
| Sinagra (2) |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Xenagoras which means "strange honour" from the Greek xenos "strange" and geras "honour". |
| Soldati |
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Usage: Italian
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| It comes from the Italian word for "soldier", soldato. It is an occupational surname. |
| Somma |
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Usage: Italian
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| From names of Italian places like Somma Lombardo or Somma Vesuviana. |
| Sordi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname meaning "deaf" (sordo or surdo in dialects). |
| Soriano |
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Usage: Italian
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| It comes from the place name Soriano. It is typical of southern Italy. |
| Sorrentino |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the name of a town near Naples: Sorrento. |
| Spada |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "armourer, swordsman" from the Late Latin spatha. |
| Spanò |
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Usage: Italian
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| Italian surname usually considered as derived from Greek dialects of Southern Italy. It comes from a nickname that means "without beard". |
| Sparacello |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "asparagus seller or grower" from the Italian sparaci. |
| Speziale |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "spices seller" from the Late Latin speciarius. |
| Spini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "dweller by the thorn bushes" from the Latin spina. |
| Stabile |
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Usage: Italian
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| From an old given name Stabile that means "stable, firm in his faith". |
| Stablum |
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Usage: Italian
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| This surname comes from the area of Trento, near the Austrian border. It is a locative surname coming from Latin stabulum "stable". |
| Stilo |
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Usage: Italian
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| A locative surname deriving from place name Stilo in southern Italy. |
| Sultana |
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Usage: Italian, Maltese
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| Means "outlandish, pompous" from the Arabic sultana. |
| Tafani |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname tàfano meaning "gadfly", indicating an annoying person. |
| Tamàro |
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Usage: Italian
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| From German Latinized given names like Dietmar, Dittmar and so on. Typical of the area of Trieste in northern Italy. |
| Tamboia |
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Usage: Italian
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| Possibly means "drummer" from the Italian tamburo. |
| Tanzi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a short form of the given name Costanzo (see also the surname Costanzo). |
| Tarantino |
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Usage: Italian
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| Tarantino is a locational name that designates those who came from Taranto, a city in southeast Italy. A famous bearer of this name is Quentin Tarantino, the director of the movie Pulp Fiction. |
| Taverna |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a place name Taverna, common in different parts of Italy. |
| Tedesco |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the Italian word tedesco meaning "German". |
| Terranova |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "new land". |
| Terzi (1) |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Terzo, or a name for a third child. |
| Tessaro |
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Usage: Italian
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| Occupational surname meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius. |
| Testa |
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Usage: Italian
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| It comes from an Italian nickname meaning "head". |
| Tiraboschi |
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Usage: Italian
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| It was originally a nickname for a wood-cutter. This surname is typical of the area of Bergamo in Lombardy. |
| Tivoli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the town of Tivoli, near Rome. |
| Todaro |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a regional form of a given name Todaro, a variant of Teodoro. Quite common in Sicily. |
| Toloni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Bartholomew. |
| Tornincasa |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a medieval name, generally given to a boy born after the death of a previous one. Literally it means "come back home" from ritorna in casa. |
| Toselli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Tos. |
| Tosetti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Tos. |
| Tosi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Tos. |
| Tosto |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname indicating a "stubborn person". |
| Trapani |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the Sicilian city of Trapani. |
| Traversa |
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Usage: Italian
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| Italian variant of Travers. |
| Traversi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Italian variant of Travers. |
| Traversini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Italian variant of Travers. |
| Traverso |
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Usage: Italian
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| Italian variant of Travers. |
| Trucco |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the place name Trucco (near Genoa) or Trucco di Miola (near Turin). This surname is typical of northern Italy. |
| Trudu |
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Usage: Italian, Sardinian
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| It derives from the Sardinian tordo and it means "thrush", a bird. |
| Tumicelli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive form of the given name Tommaso. |
| Turati |
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Usage: Italian
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| A locative origin from the name of the town of Turate near Como. This surname is typical of Lombardy. |
| Turchi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "Turkish" in Italian. |
| Uberti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Uberto. |
| Uccello |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "bird" in Italian. |
| Uggeri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the Italian form of Edgar. |
| Ughi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the old given name Ugo. |
| Ungaretti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive of Ungaro. |
| Ungaro |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "Hungarian" in Italian. |
| Vacca |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "cow" in Italian, and originally denoted a person who worked with cattle. |
| Vaccaro |
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Usage: Italian
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| Occupational name meaning "cowherd" in Italian. |
| Valenti |
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Usage: Italian
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| A patronymic from the given name Valente, an archaic form of Valentino. A famous bearer of that last name was Jack J. Valenti, advisor of US President Lyndon Johnson. |
| Valentini |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Valentino. |
| Valerio |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Valerio. |
| Varano |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Locative surname, derived from one of the many towns of this name in Italy. |
| Venetianer |
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Usage: German, Italian, Jewish
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| Probably one of the few surnames with an unique known ancestor - Mr. Alexsandor Vinazie, a Jewish gentlemen who possibly emigrated from Venice to the town of Liptovsky Mikulas in a region which today is known as the Slovak Republic. Vinazie was later germinized to its present form Venetianer. |
| Ventimiglia |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of a historical Italian city, Ventimiglia, now near the French border. |
| Ventura |
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Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from the Italian first name Bonaventura and the Spanish form Buenaventura. |
| Verona |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city of Verona, one of the most important historical cities of northern Italy. |
| Veronesi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "person from Verona" (see Verona). |
| Vescovi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from Italian vescovo "bishop". |
| Vespa |
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Usage: Italian
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| From an Italian nickname meaning "wasp". |
| Vestri |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Vestro, a pet form of Silvestro. |
| Vicario |
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Usage: Spanish, Italian
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| Means "a vicar" in Spanish and Italian. Vicar is an ecclesiastic title, usually used to denote a representative of a bishop. |
| Vico |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of many villages in Italy, their names all derived from Latin vicus "town". |
| Victor |
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Usage: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the male given name Victor. |
| Victore |
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Usage: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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| Variant of Victor. |
| Vigo |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Vico. |
| Villa |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
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| Means "town" in Italian and Spanish. Originally given to a person who came from a town, as opposed to the countryside. |
| Vinci (1) |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the given name Vincente, or from other old compound names that began with Vinci-, such as Vinciguerra, Vinciprova, or Vincimala. |
| Vinci (2) |
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Usage: Italian
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| A locative surname from Vinci near Florence, the native village of Leonardo da Vinci. |
| Viola |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
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| From the given name Viola. |
| Vitali |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Vitale. |
| Viteri |
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Usage: Spanish, Basque, Italian
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| Means "from Biteri, Basque Country". |
| Voltolini |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the important alpine valley of Lombardy called Valtellina, near Lake Como. In fact the old name of the inhabitants of this valley was Voltolino. |
| Zanetti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "little Giovanni. This surname is well known in Europe because of the Argentinian footballer Javier Zanetti. |
| Zangari |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "(son of) a shoemaker" from the Medieval Greek tsangaris meaning "bootmaker". |
| Zappa |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means “hoe, mattock” from the Italian zappa, probably denoting an agricultural worker. Two composers of Italian origin have bore this name: Francesco Zappa (18th Century) and Frank Vincent Zappa Jr. (1940-1993). |
| Zeni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "son of Zeno". |
| Zini |
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Usage: Italian
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| It derives from a diminutive form of names like Lorenzo - Lorenzino. |
| Zunino |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Giovanni. |
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