Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Italian; and the first letter is B.
usage
letter
Baggi Italian
Variant of Baggio.
Baggio Italian
Originally denoted a person from the Italian town of Baggio (now part of Milan). It is probably derived from Latin Badalocum meaning "watch place".
Baglio Italian
Italian cognate of Bailey.
Bagni Italian
From Italian bagno "bath", derived from Latin balneum, referring to a person who worked as a bath house attendant.
Bagnoli Italian
Diminutive form of Bagni.
Balboni Italian
Derived from the given name Balbino.
Baldi Italian
Derived from the given name Baldo.
Baldini Italian
Derived from the given name Baldino, a diminutive of Baldo.
Baldinotti Italian
Derived from the given name Baldinotto, from the Latin name Baldinoctus, a diminutive of Baldo.
Baldovini Italian
Derived from the given name Baldovino.
Ballerini Italian
From Italian ballerino meaning "dancer", an occupational name or nickname for someone who liked to dance.
Bandini Italian
From the Latin name Bandinus, a derivative of Bandus, which is of unknown meaning.
Bandoni Italian
From Italian bandone meaning "sheet of iron".
Barbieri Italian
Italian cognate of Barber.
Barone Italian
Italian cognate of Baron.
Barsotti Italian
Probably from the medieval Latin word baro meaning "man, freeman" (of Frankish origin).
Bartalotti Italian
Means "son of Bartalotto", a diminutive of Bartolo.
Bartolomei Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.
Bartolomeo Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.
Basile Italian, French
From the given name Basilio or Basile.
Bassanelli Italian
Diminutive form of Bassani.
Bassani Italian
Derived from the place name Bassano, belonging multiple villages in Italy.
Bassi Italian
Variant of Basso, common in northern Italy.
Basso Italian
Originally a nickname for a short person, from Latin bassus "thick, low".
Battaglia Italian
From a nickname meaning "battle" in Italian.
Bazzoli Italian
From Italian bazza meaning "protruding chin".
Bellandi Italian
Means "son of Bellando", from a medieval given name derived from Latin bellandus meaning "which is to be fought".
Bellandini Italian
Diminutive form of Bellandi.
Bellincioni Italian
Means "son of Bellincione", from a medieval name (borne for example by Dante's grandfather) that was probably a derivative of Italian bello "beautiful, fair".
Bellini Italian
From Italian bello meaning "beautiful".
Bello Spanish, Italian
Means "beautiful" in Spanish and Italian, originally a nickname for an attractive person.
Bellomo Italian
From a nickname derived from Italian bello "beautiful, fair" and uomo "man".
Belloni Italian
Augmented form of Bello.
Belmonte Spanish, Italian
From various place names in Italy and Spain meaning "beautiful mountain".
Bencivenni Italian
Means "son of Bencivenne", from the medieval name Bencivenga, a Tuscan variant of Benvenuto.
Benedetti Italian
From the given name Benedetto.
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.
Benini Italian
Means "son of Benino" from a diminutive of Bene or Beno, short forms of Benedetto.
Benizzi Italian
From the medieval given name Bonizzone.
Benvenuti Italian
Means "son of Benvenuto".
Berardi Italian
From the given name Berardo.
Bergamaschi Italian
Originally indicated an inhabitant of the city of Bergamo in Lombardy.
Berlusconi Italian
Probably from the Milanese word berlusch meaning "cross-eyed, crooked".
Bernardi Italian
From the given name Bernardo.
Berti Italian
Derived from the given name Berto.
Bertolini Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Bertoldo.
Biagi Italian
Means "son of Biagio".
Biancardi Italian
Italian form of Blanchard.
Bianchi Italian
From Italian bianco meaning "white", originally given to a person who was white-haired or extremely pale.
Bicchieri Italian
Means "drinking glasses" in Italian, referring originally to a person who made or sold them.
Biondi Italian
Means "fair-haired, blond" in Italian. This name was borne by the American swimmer Matt Biondi (1965-).
Biondo Italian
Variant of Biondi.
Boerio Italian
From Italian boaro meaning "cowherd".
Bologna Italian
From the name of the city of Bologna in northern Italy. It may derive from a Celtic word meaning "settlement".
Bonaccorsi Italian
From the medieval given name Bonaccorso.
Bonaccorso Italian
From the medieval given name Bonaccorso.
Bonaventura Italian
From the given name Bonaventura.
Bondesan Italian
Venetian name derived from the name of the town of Bondeno in northern Italy.
Bonomo Italian
Italian cognate of Bonhomme.
Borghi Italian
Derived from Italian borgo meaning "village".
Borgia Italian
Italian form of Borja. This was the name of an Italian noble family who were influential during the Renaissance period.
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".
Bosco Italian
Means "forest" in Italian.
Bove Italian
Derived from an Italian nickname meaning "bull, ox".
Boveri Italian
Variant of Bove.
Brambilla Italian
Derived from the Italian town of Brembilla in Lombardy, itself named after the Brembo river.
Breda Italian
From the name of a town near Venice, possibly derived from a Lombardic word meaning "field".
Brioschi Italian
Derived from the town of Briosco, near Milan. It may be of Lombardic origin.
Brivio Italian
From the name of the town of Brivio in Lombardy. Supposed it derives from a Celtic word meaning "bridge".
Brunetti Italian
Diminutive of Bruno.
Bruno Italian, Portuguese
Means "brown" in Italian and Portuguese, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes. A famous bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600).
Buffone Italian
Means "jester, joker" in Italian.
Bulgarelli Italian
Diminutive of Bulgari.
Bulgari Italian
Originally denoted a person who came from Bulgaria, which is named after the Turkic tribe of the Bulgars, itself possibly from a Turkic root meaning "mixed".
Buonarroti Italian
From the medieval Italian given name Buonarroto meaning "good increase". This was the surname of the Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo (1475-1564).
Buono Italian
From a nickname meaning "good" in Italian.
Busto Spanish, Italian
From the name of towns in Spain and Italy, derived from Late Latin bustum meaning "ox pasture".