Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is Italian; and the meaning contains the keywords fire or flame or flaming.
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Boccadifuoco Italian
Means "mouth of fire", a nickname for someone known for picking fights, or perhaps given to foundlings.
Buttafuoco Italian
Means "linstock (staff for lighting a cannon)" in Italian, composed of butta "to throw, toss" and fuoco "fire", perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a gunner, or a figurative nickname for someone with a hot temper... [more]
Fiamma Italian
Means "flame" in Italian, possibly a nickname for someone with red hair or a fiery temperament. Compare the feminine given name Fiamma.
Flammia Italian
From Latin flammeus "flaming, fiery; flame-coloured", probably referring to the bearer's red hair.
Fogu Italian
From Sardinian fogu "fire", perhaps referring to the hearth of a home, or to the bearer's personality or hair colour.
Nurchis Italian
Denoting someone from Nure or Nurra in Sardinia, which were possibly derived from the pre-Roman root words nur meaning "fire" or "stones, heap" and the suffix -ke meaning "earth" or "dwelling".
Pirovano Italian
Probably from a place in Lombardy, itself possibly deriving from Ancient Greek πυρο- (pyro-) "fire" and -γενής (-genes) "born of".
Pirrone Italian
Augmented form of Pirro, ultimately from the Ancient Greek given name Pyrrhos meaning "flame-coloured, red"... [more]