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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Prete Italian

Preve Italian
Derives from the Latin "presbyter" with the meaning of "Older". Abundant in the Piedmont region.

Preve Italian
From Greek "πρεσβύτερος" (presbyteros), via Latin "presbyter" with the meaning of "The Old One".... [more]

Prevedini Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)

Previti Italian

Preziosi Italian

Prezioso Italian
Means "precious, valuable" in Italian, derived from a nickname or from a medieval given name (masculine form of Preziosa).

Primavera Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Príncipe Italian, Spanish
From principe "prince, heir" (Latin princeps, genitive principis, from primus "first" and capere "to take"), applied probably as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces or for someone in the service of a prince.

Priore Italian
from Italian priore "prior" either a nickname or occupational name which probably most often originated as a metonymic occupational name for a servant of a prior or some important lay dignitary... [more]

Prisco Italian
From the given name Prisco

Procida Italian
Habitational name from Procida, one of the Flegrean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. Derived from Ancient Greek Προχύτη (Prokhútē) via Latin Prochyta, of uncertain etymology.

Procopio Italian
Italian (Calabria) and Greek (Prokopios): from the personal name Procopio, Greek Prokopios, from pro ‘before’, ‘in front’ + kopē ‘cut’, actually an omen name meaning ‘success’, ‘prosperity’ but as a Church name taken to mean ‘pioneer’ as it was the name of the first victim of Diocletian's persecutions in Palestine in AD 303... [more]

Proia Italian
From the name of a place in Italy. The meaning is uncertain, but it might be derived from Greek πρωία (proía) "morning".

Proietti Italian
From Latin proiecto "abandoned, thrown away", given to foundlings and children abandoned at orphanages. The name may have been taken from la ruota dei proietti, or "foundling wheel", that some orphanages and religious institutes in Italy installed for infants to be anonymously abandoned in.

Prometta Italian
Promise (prometto), feminine.

Pronesti Italian

Protano Italian (Anglicized, Rare)
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Prudente Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Prudente

Pucci Italian
Patronymic derived from the medieval given name Puccio.

Puccino Italian

Puccio Italian

Puddu Italian
From Sardinian puddu "chicken" (compare Podda).

Pugina Italian
Possibly derived from Venetian Pùgia, referring to the region of Puglia (see Pugliese), or pugia meaning "abundance, plenty" as well as referring to the cuccagna pole festivities... [more]

Puglia Italian
habitational name from Apulia (Italian Puglia) in southeastern Italy. Variant of Pugliese.

Puglisi Sicilian
Southern Italian variant of Pugliese.

Pugno Italian
The Italian family name Pugno is considered by scholars to be of nickname origin. While the majority of surnames that are derived from a sobriquet or nickname reveal to us some aspect of the physical appearance of the initial bearer of the name or may allude to a characteristic of this person, other nickname family names make reference to a particular piece of clothing or favorite article or indeed a favorite color of the bearer of the name... [more]

Pulcini Italian

Puleo Sicilian
Derived from Sicilian pule(i)o (from Latin pulegium) "pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)", an herb in the mint family historically used in medicine and as a flea repellent. Possibly a metonymic occupational name for an herbalist.

Pulsoni Italian
Probably from Latin pulso "to beat, to strike".

Pupillo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Pupillo.

Purpura Italian
A nickname for someone associated with the color purple.

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