Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Italian; and the length is 8.
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Acconcio Italian
From the medieval Italian given names Accuntius or Acconcius, of uncertain meaning.
Accursio Italian
From the given name Bonaccorso.
Adelardi Italian
Means "son of Adelardo".
Africani Italian
Means "son of Africano", the Italian form of Africanus.
Africano Italian
From the given name Africano, the Italian form of Africanus.
Agnusdei Italian
From Latin Agnus Dei meaning "lamb of God". This was a nickname for someone who was particularly religious or someone who wore this symbol.
Agostini Italian
Means "son of Agostino".
Agricola Italian
From Latin agricola meaning "farmer".
Alamanni Italian
From Alemannia, the Latin name for Germany.
Albanesi Italian
Originally indicated a person who came from Albania.
Alberici Italian
Means "son of Alberico".
Alderisi Italian
Means "son of Alderissius", a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning.
Alemagna Italian
From Alemannia, the Latin name for Germany.
Aliberti Italian
Means "son of Alberto".
Altamura Italian
From the name of the Italian city of Altamura, which means "high walls" in Italian.
Altimari Italian
Derived from the given name Altimaro, an alteration of Adelmar.
Altoviti Italian (Rare)
Derived from the Lombard given name Altwidus.
Amerighi Italian
Means "son of Amerigo".
Amoretto Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Amore.
Antonini Italian
Means "son of Antonino".
Antonino Italian
From the given name Antonino.
Ardovini Italian
Means "son of Arduino".
Avellino Italian
From the name of a town in Campania, Italy, called Abellinum in Latin, of unknown meaning.
Barbieri Italian
Italian cognate of Barber.
Barsotti Italian
Probably from the medieval Latin word baro meaning "man, freeman" (of Frankish origin).
Bellandi Italian
Means "son of Bellando", from a medieval given name derived from Latin bellandus meaning "which is to be fought".
Belmonte Spanish, Italian
From various place names in Italy and Spain meaning "beautiful mountain".
Benenati Italian
Means "son of Benenato", a given name derived from Latin bene "good, well" and natus "good".
Benetton Italian
Northern Italian variant of Benedetti.
Bernardi Italian
From the given name Bernardo.
Bondesan Italian
Venetian name derived from the name of the town of Bondeno in northern Italy.
Borgnino Italian
From a nickname derived from the Piedmontese dialect word borgno meaning "one-eyed". This was the real surname of American actor Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012).
Borgogni Italian
From the name of the French region of Burgundy (called Bourgogne in French), which is named after the Germanic tribe the Burgundians, meaning "people from the high land".
Brioschi Italian
Derived from the town of Briosco, near Milan. It may be of Lombardic origin.
Brunetti Italian
Diminutive of Bruno.
Capitani Italian
Occupational name meaning "captain" in Italian, ultimately from Latin caput "head".
Catalano Italian
Italian form of Catalán.
Cattaneo Italian
Variant of Capitani used in Lombardy.
Cipriani Italian
From the given name Cipriano.
Corleone Sicilian, Literature
From the name of the town of Corleone in Sicily, which is of uncertain meaning. This surname is well known from the novel The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo, as well as the films based on his characters. The story tells how Vito Andolini comes to America from Sicily, receiving the new surname Corleone at Ellis Island, and starts a criminal empire based in New York.
Costanzo Italian
From the given name Costanzo.
Crocetti Italian
Italian diminutive form of Croce.
D'Antonio Italian
Means "son of Antonio".
De Felice Italian
Means "son of Felice".
De Santis Italian
Italian form of Santos.
Di Caprio Italian
From the name of the island of Capri near Naples, itself possibly derived from Latin capra meaning "goat" or Greek κάπρος (kapros) meaning "wild boar".
Di Napoli Italian
Means "from Naples" in Italian.
Di Pasqua Italian
Means "of Easter" in Italian.
Di Pietro Italian
Means "son of Pietro" in Italian.
D'Onofrio Italian
Means "son of Onofrio".
Episcopo Italian
Means "bishop" in Italian, ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos).
Ermacora Italian
From the given name Ermacora.
Esposito Italian
Means "exposed" in Italian and denoted a child who was rescued after being abandoned by its parents.
Fiscella Italian
Derived from Italian fiscella, which was a basket used to conserve cheese. The name was probably used to denote a person who made cheese.
Franzese Italian
From a nickname that indicated a person who came from France. It is typical of the area around Naples.
Garofalo Italian
From a nickname, from a southern variant of the Italian word garofano meaning "carnation".
Genovese Italian
Denoted a person from the Italian city of Genoa (Genova in Italian).
Giannino Italian
Derived from the given name Giannino.
Giordano Italian
Derived from the given name Giordano.
Gismondi Italian
From the Old German given name Gismund.
Giugovaz Italian
Italian form of the Croatian surname Jugovac.
Giuliani Italian
From the given name Giuliano.
Grimaldi Italian
From the given name Grimaldo. It is the surname of the royal family of Monaco, which came from Genoa.
Guarneri Italian
From the given name Guanero, an Italian cognate of Werner.
Labriola Italian
Originally indicated a person from the town of Abriola in southern Italy.
Lamberti Italian
Derived from the given name Lamberto.
Landolfi Italian
From the given name Landolfo, Italian form of the Lombardic name Landulf.
Leggièri Italian
Means "light, thin" in Sicilian.
Leonardi Italian
From the given name Leonardo.
Lombardi Italian
Originally indicated someone who came from the Lombardy region of northern Italy, which was named for the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded in the 6th century. Their name is derived from the Old German roots lang "long" and bart "beard".
Luzzatto Italian
From an Italian form of Lusatia, a region of eastern Germany.
Manfredi Italian
Derived from the given name Manfredo.
Marchesi Italian
From the Italian title marchese meaning "marquis". It was probably a nickname for a person who behaved like a marquis or worked in the household of a marquis.
Martelli Italian
Italian form of Martel 2.
Montagna Italian
Means "mountain" in Italian, from Latin montanus, indicating a person who lived on or near a mountain.
Nervetti Italian
Possibly a nickname for an innkeeper, from archaic Milanese nervètt, a local meal prepared from a calf.
Nicastro Italian
From the name of the town of Nicastro in Calabria, southern Italy.
Nicodemo Italian
Derived from the given name Nicodemo.
Nicolosi Italian
From the name of the town Nicolosi on Sicily, itself named for Saint Nicholas.
Nicotera Italian
From the name of the town of Nicotera in Calabria.
Noschese Italian
From the name of the town of Nusco in Campania, southern Italy.
Padovano Italian
Originally denoted one who came from the city of Padua in Italy, from Italian Padova, itself from Latin Patavium, of unknown meaning.
Pedrotti Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Pietro.
Portelli Italian
Diminutive form of Porto.
Provenza Italian
From the name of the Provence region of southern France (in Italian Provenza). It is derived from Latin provincia "province", a territorial division.
Pugliese Italian
From an adjectival derivative of Puglia, from Latin Apulia, a region of southeast Italy containing the boot heel and some of the coastline of the Adriatic Sea. It is a regional name for someone from that region.
Quaranta Italian
Means "forty" in Italian.
Raimondi Italian
Derived from the given name Raimondo.
Roncalli Italian
From the names of places like Ronco or Ronchi, quite common in northern Italy, derived from ronco meaning "cleared land, terraced land". It was the surname of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881-1963), the pope John XXIII.
Ruggiero Italian
From the given name Ruggiero.
Sabbadin Italian
From a nickname from Italian sabbato "Saturday", a name for one born on that day of the week.
Salvaggi Italian
Italian form of Savage.
Sapienti Italian
Means "wise, learned" in Italian.
Scordato Italian
Means "forgotten, left behind" in Italian.
Serafini Italian
Derived from the given name Serafino.
Speziale Italian
Means "grocer" in Italian, derived from Latin speciarius "spice seller".
Traversa Italian
Italian form of Travers.
Traversi Italian
Italian form of Travers.
Traverso Italian
Italian form of Travers.