indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname (from location & from nickname)
Usage Italian
Meaning & History
A kind of device used to sprinkle holy water, or the ceremony in which it is used, derived from Latin asperges "you will sprinkle", a conjugation of aspergo "to scatter, to strew (something); to sprinkle (liquid)", taken from the first word of the 9th verse of Psalm 51 (or Psalm 50) in its Latin translation. Possibly given as a nickname to a particularly religious person, or to someone who worked in the church.