Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage Italian Pronounced Pron. /kar.ˈdutʃ.tʃi/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Riccarduccio, an affectionate form of the given name Riccardo. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906.