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[Surname] Re: Italian name Bottini
This surname comes from the word "botte" or "Bot" in dialect. The "bottaio" in Italy was a sort of specialized joiner who made "cask" for wine. So Bottini is a variant of Bottai (cask maker) and this is an occupational surname.
The majority of BOTTINI emigrants came from LOMBARDY: especially from a municipality called LONATE POZZOLO, 40 km North of MILANO (Milan). Some other from VARESE LIGURE near GENOVA (Genoa) and also from municipalities not far from ROME: ANAGNI and FERENTINO (near Frosinone).


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Sagani,

I'm guessing that your 'botte' would be related to "bottle"? I see in one of my etymology books that bottle comes from French which in turn came from Late Latin buttis ... likely same root?
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The italian word "bottiglia" comes from the French "bouteille".
So both the words come from a latin word "buttis", but the old french word was "butticula" that in fact means "litte cask".
In French instead a cask is called "tonneau". See the english word "tunnel that has a different meaning.
Bottaio in Italy is a man that make casks. usually in little villages casks were made by a joiner. But not all the joiners were able to make them.
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Cool, thanks for the info! :)
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