Browse Submitted Surnames

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.

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

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

Quaglietta Italian

Quatela Italian

Quattrini Italian

Quattrociocchi Italian
From quattro ciocchi, "four logs of wood" in Italian.

Quercia Italian (Rare)
From the Latin quercus "oak".

Quinto Aragonese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian
Habitational surname for a person from a place called Quinto, for example in Zaragoza province. However, the high concentration of the surname in Alacant province suggests that, in some cases at least, it may derive from the personal name Quinto (from Latin Quintus denoting the fifth-born child or Catalan quinto "young soldier").... [more]

Racioppi Italian, Sicilian
Derived from Sicilian racioppu meaning "cluster of grapes", hence presumably a metonymic occupational name for someone who sold or produced grapes.

Rafaniello Italian
Probably from Italian ravanello "radish", probably given to someone who grew or sold radishes, or perhaps resembled one in some way.

Raffaele Italian
From the given name Raffaele.

Rago Italian

Ragona Italian

Ragonesi Italian
Meaning: People Of Aragon

Ragosta Italian
from aragosta "lobster" used for a shell-fisherman or otherwise as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a lobster in some way.

Ragusa Italian
Habitational name from Ragusa in Sicily, or from the ancient city of Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia (Italian name Ragusa).

Raia Italian, Sicilian
Either a topographic name from Sicilian raia ‘smilax’ (a climbing shrub), or else derived from Sicilian raja meaning ‘ray’, or ‘skate’ (the fish), presumably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.

Ramo Aragonese, Italian
Ultimately from Latin ramus meaning "branch".

Randazzo Italian, Sicilian
Habitational name from a town in Catania, Sicily, called Randazzo.

Rando Italian

Raniero Italian
From the given name Raniero

Rapino Italian
From the name of two municipalities in Abruzzo, Italy. It could also be a nickname for a barber, derived from Italian rapare meaning "to crop, to shave, to scalp".

Rappa Italian, Sicilian
from Sicilian rappa meaning ‘bunch, cluster’ or Italian rappa meaning ‘lock, quiff’, which was presumably applied as a nickname with reference to someone’s hair.

Rassi Italian
Comes from the Italian rosso, meaning "red".

Rastelli Italian

Rasulo Italian

Rau Italian
From a local variant of the personal name Rao, an old form of Ralph.

Reale Italian
Means "royal" in Italian, either an occupational name for someone in the service of a king or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal manner.

Reali Italian
Variant of the surname Reale, which stems from reale "royal", either a name for someone in the service of a royal or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal, aristocratic manner.

Recchia Italian
Nickname from a reduced form of orecchia "ear".

Recchio Italian
Probably a shortened form of orecchio "ear".

Regalia Italian
Means "regalia; royal rights and privileges, regality" in Italian.

Reginato Italian
Derived from the feminine given name Regina "queen".

Remigio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Remigio

Renda Italian
Derived from the short form of a variant of Latin Laurentius (compare Renza), or perhaps from a feminine variant of Germanic Rando... [more]

Renda Italian
Habitational name from Rende in Calabria, Italy.

Renna Italian
Variant of Renda.

Renzi Italian

Renzoni Italian

Restelli Italian

Restivo Italian
Derived from Sicilian restivu meaning "uncommunicative, reserved, shy; wayward, contrary" or "stammering, stuttering", as well as "difficult, obstinate" in reference to farm animals.

Ricardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ricardo

Ricca Italian

Riccardi Italian

Riccardo Italian
From the given name Riccardo

Ricciardi Italian
From the given name Riccardo.

Ricciardo Italian
From Ricardo.

Riccio Italian
From Italian riccio meaning "curly". This was originally a nickname for someone with curly hair.

Ricco Italian

Riccobene Italian

Riccobono Italian

Ricer Italian
means "search " in italian

Richetti Italian

Richie English (Rare), Italian
Diminutive form of Richard. It could also have been a nickname for one who was rich or wealthy, or, in Italy, a variant of Ricci... [more]

Riello Italian

Righetti Italian
Means "son of Righetto" a pet form of the personal name Rigo.

Rigo Italian, Catalan
From the given name Rigo a short of any of the given names Rigoberto, Arrigo, and Federigo.

Rigoli Italian
Derived from the given name Rigo, a short form of various names.

Rigotti Italian

Riina Sicilian
Derived from Sicilian rijina meaning "queen".

Rino Italian
From the given name Rino.

Riola Italian
Regional variant of Riolo.

Rispoli Italian
A patronymic from a derivative of the given name Rispo, which is probably of Germanic origin. Alternatively, it could be a variant of Ruspoli, which is of unknown origin.

Risso Italian
Variant of Riccio.

Rita Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan
From the female personal name Rita, a reduced form of Margharita ‘Margaret’, chosen in particular in honor of a 15th-century Italian saint who bore the name in this form.

Ritacca Italian
Variant of Ritacco.

Ritacco Italian
Probably a derivative of Rito, a masculinized form of the female personal name Rita.

Rivetti Italian

Rivieccio Italian

Riviera Italian, Spanish

Rizza Italian
Variant of Rizzo.

Rizzio Italian

Rizzitano Italian

Rizzolo Italian

Rizzotti Italian
From a diminutive of Rizzo.

Rizzuto Italian
From Sicilian rizzutu "curly-haired".

Roberti Italian
Derived from the given name Roberto.

Roberto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Roberto

Rocci Italian

Rodia Italian
Habitational name from Rodia, a locality in Messina, Sicily.

Rodino Italian
Possibly from the medieval Latin name Rodinus, or Germanic Hrodhari, from hroþi "fame, glory" and Hari "battle".

Roffo French, Italian

Romana Catalan, French, Italian, Polish, English (Rare), German, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
From the feminine form of the Latin personal name Romanus, which originally meant "Roman".

Romanelli Italian

Romani Italian
Patronymic or plural form of the personal name Romano.

Romeo Italian
From the given name Romeo.

Romie Italian
From a diminutive of Roman or its derivative names.

Ronchetto Italian
Italian: diminutive from a variant of Ronco .

Roppolo Italian
Perhaps a derivative of Roppo, a given name of Germanic origin.

Rosano Italian
rosa meaning pink. Could also be indicative of a location known for or possessing roses.

Rosati Italian
Variant of Rosato.

Roseto Italian

Rosetta Italian

Rosetti Italian

Rosetto Italian

Rosi Greek, Italian
Greek: Metronymic from the female personal name Rosa 1, or alternatively a variant of Rosso.... [more]

Rosselli Italian

Rossello Italian

Rossetti Italian
Patronymic derived from the given name Rossetto (see Rosetto).

Rossetto Italian

Rossino Italian

Rosso Italian
Derived from the Italian word rosso meaning "red". It was used as a nickname for people with red hair or that used to wear in red.

Rota Italian
Means "wheel" in Italian, from various place names.

Rotondi m Italian

Rotta Italian

Rotti Italian

Rotto Italian

Rotunno Italian
From Neapolitan rotunno "round, rotund".

Rovere Italian
From rovere "oak".

Rubino Italian
The surname Rubino derives from the name Rubino, in turn originated from the Latin term "Rubeus" (red) with evident reference to the well-known precious stone. It is thought that originally the surname was attributed to the physical characteristics of having red hair, however, the origin of the surname Rubino from the Hebrew term "Ruben" which meant "son of providence", or even from the apheresis of the name "Cherubino".

Rucci Italian
Patronymic from the personal name Ruccio, from a short form of various pet names formed with this suffix, as for example Gasparuccio (from Gaspari) or Baldassaruccio (from Baldasare).

Ruffalo Italian
Variant spelling of Ruffolo. A famous bearer is American actor Mark Ruffalo (1967-).

Ruffini Italian
Derived from the given name Rufinus.

Ruffolo Italian
Derived from the given name Ruffo, an Italian form of Rufus.

Rufo French, Italian

Ruggero Italian
From the given name Ruggero

Rulli Italian

Rusconi Italian
From Italian rusca, "splinter, sliver of wood".

Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Rutigliano Italian
From the name of a town located in Bari Province of Apulia, Italy.

Ruvolo Italian
From Sicilian ruvolo "sessile oak".

Sabatini Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Sabatino.

Sabatino Italian
From the given name Sabatino.

Sabato Italian
From sabato "Saturday".

Sabbatini Italian
Variant of Sabatini.

Sabbatino Italian

Sabella Sicilian, Italian
Possibly derived from the Latin cognomen Sabellus, or in some cases from a diminutive of the feminine given name Isabella... [more]

Sabino Italian
From the given name Sabino

Sablone Italian
From Latin sabulo "coarse sand, gravel".

Sacca Italian

Saccà Italian
From Arabic سقى (saqa) "to give water", a nickname for a water carrier.

Saccardo Italian
Occupational name for someone who transported or guarded supplies for an army, ultimately derived from sacco "sack, bag" and the suffix -ardo, literally translating as "sacker". Has the transferred meaning of "looter, robber".

Saccente Italian
Nickname from medieval Italian saccente "wise, learned, intelligent". In modern times, the word has come to mean "conceited, presumptuous".

Saco Italian
There are several possible derivations for the Saco surname: the Saco name evolved from an old Tuscan personal name, Saccus; it came from the word "sacco" meaning "a sack," and was an occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags; it was a habitational name taken on from the place named Sacco in Salerno province.

Saddi Italian

Saetta Italian
Possibly an Italianized form of Sicilian Saitta, or else taken directly from the Italian word saetta meaning "arrow, bolt" or "thunderbolt, lightning"... [more]

Saffioti Italian
From the place name Punta Safò, a settlement in Briatico.

Saggio Italian

Saiia Italian

Saitta Sicilian, Italian
Means "arrow" or "lightning bolt" in Sicilian, from Latin sagitta via sajitta. Probably a nickname for a quick or fast-footed person, though it may have also been a metonymic occupational name for a fletcher.

Saladino Italian, Sicilian
Either from the personal name Saladino from Arabic (see Saladin ) or a nickname from this name denoting a bully or tyrant... [more]

Salemi Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from a place so called in Trapani.

Salerno Italian
Southern Italian habitational name from the city of Salerno in Campania.

Salierno Italian
Possibly denotes someone from the city Salerno.

Salla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Romanian
Variant of Sala.

Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Greek
Either a variant of Salas or Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".

Salomone Italian
From the given name Salomone the Italian form of Solomon.

Salvatore Italian
Derived from the Italian masculine given name Salvatore, which in turn was derived from the Italian noun salvatore meaning "saviour, rescuer"... [more]

Salzano Italian

Sammartino Italian
From Italian san (apocopic form of santo ("saint") + Martino ("Martin").

Sanfelippo Italian
Italian (mainly Sicily and southern Calabria): habitational name from any of several places so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to St. Philip, in particular San Filippo del Mela in Messina province.

Sanfilippo Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from any of several places called with reference to a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Philip specifically San Filippo del Mela in Messina province, San Filippo near Reggio Calabria.

San Giorgio Italian
“Saint George.”

San Giovanni Italian
Means Saint John in Italian

Sanguinetti Italian, Judeo-Italian
From Sanguinetto, the name of two places in Genova and Verona provinces.

San Pietro Italian
Means Saint Peter in Italian.

Sansalone Italian

San Severino Italian, Neapolitan
From the name of places inside Italy, all named after Saint Severinus of Noricum. This name is mainly found in Naples.

Santamaria Italian, French, Spanish
Italian and French cognate of Santamaría as well as a Spanish variant.

Santangelo Italian, Sicilian
Either habitational name from any of numerous places especially in the south named with reference to a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Angel (Italian Sant'Angelo) as for example Sant'Angelo a Cupolo (Benevento) Sant'Angelo a Fasanella (Salerno) Sant'Angelo all’Esca and Sant'Angelo a Scala (Avellino) Sant'Angelo d'Alife (Caserta) and Sant'Angelo del Pesco (Molise)... [more]

Santarelli Italian

Santas Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Possibly a nickame for someone born on All Saint's Day.

Santelli Italian

Santi Italian
Derived from the given name Santi, or as a patronymic form of Santo. It can also be derived as a nickname from santo "holy" or "saint", ultimately from Latin sanctus.

Santino Italian
Derived from the given name Santino.

Santora Italian
Feminine form of Santoro.

Santos m Italian
Santo

Sanzone Italian
Sansone

Sapienza Italian
Means "knowledge, wisdom" in Italian.

Saraceno Italian
A nickname from saraceno "Saracen" (from Late Latin Saracenus) denoting someone of swarthy appearance an unruly person or someone who had taken part in a Crusade... [more]

Sarago Italian
From Italian sarago "fish".

Sard English, French, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Denoted a person from Sardinia, Italy.

Sarda Italian
From the feminine form of Sardo or from sarda "large sardine" either a nickname or occupational name for selling sardines.

Sardella Italian
From sardella "sardine" used as either an occupational name for a fisher or seller of sardines or a nickname for a thin person.

Sardina Italian, Spanish, Galician
From sardina Galician sardiña "sardine" used for someone as a catcher or seller of the fish or a nickname for a thin person.

Sardo Italian
Means "Sardinian" in Italian.

Sardone Italian
Augmentative of Sarda or Sardo "the big Sardinian". in the central and southern Adriatic region from sardone "anchovy".

Sarracino Italian
From Neapolitan sarracino, meaning "Saracen", a term used to refer to a variety of ethnic and religious groups, including a nomadic people from Sinai, Muslims, and pirates from the Mediterranean.

Sartori Italian
Variant of Sarto, through Latin Sartorius.

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

Saturno Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Spanish
Descendant of Saturn.

Savelli Italian
It could derive from the Sabelli (ancient Italic tribe), pre-Roman population, or from toponyms such as Savelli di Norcia (PG) and indicate the origin of the founder.

Savini Italian

Savino Italian
From the given name Savino.

Savio Italian
Italian nickname given to a wise, sage man. Saint Dominic Savio is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Savoia Italian (Archaic)
A Italian royal court name.

Scaffidi Italian
Variant of Scafidi.

Scafidi Italian

Scaglione Italian
Derived from scaglione meaning "stallion’s canine tooth" (an augmentative form of scaglie meaning "canine tooth", from Old French escaillon meaning "horse’s tooth"), presumably a nickname for someone with exceptionally large teeth.

Scala Italian
Means "ladder, stair, scale" in Italian, a habitational name from any of various places named Scala, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent staircase or terraced land... [more]

Scalera Italian

Scali Italian
Habitational name from Scali in Piedimonte Etneo, Sicily, derived from Greek σκαλί (skali) "step, rung (of a ladder)".

Scali Italian
Variant of Scala.

Scalia Italian
Habitational name derived from Scalea in the province of Cosenza, deriving ultimately from medieval Greek skaleia meaning "hoeing".

Scannapieco Italian
Occupational name for a butcher, from scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and piecuro "sheep, lamb".

Scannella Italian
Possibly from Italian scannellare "to channel, to cut a groove", itself from Latin scamnum "ridge (of earth formed by plowing)".

Scappaticci Italian

Scarano Italian
Means "marauder, bandit".

Scarcella Italian

Scarcella Italian
From Italian "scarcella", a dessert enjoyed during Easter from the Italian region of Apulia, possibly referring to a baker who would make them.

Scarduzio Italian
From the Italian verb scardare, meaning to husk a hazelnut or chestnut. Possibly a metaphor for a sculptor who 'husked' a sculpture from stone.

Scarlata Italian
Feminine variant of Scarlato.

Scarlato Italian
From Sicilian scarlatu meaning "scarlet" or "purple". Given as an occupational name for a dyer, or as a nickname for someone who habitually wore scarlet or who had bright red hair.

Scarpaci Italian

Scarpino Italian

Scarselli Italian
From scarsella "purse", a type of bag hung around the neck to keep money in. Possibly indicated a wealthy person.

Scatena Italian
From scatenare "to provoke, stir up, unleash", probably a nickname for a troublemaker.

Schena Italian
Derived from a regional variant of Italian schiena "back (of the body)", perhaps a nickname for someone with a straight, rigid posture, or a topographic name denoting a rise or bump in the ground.

Schiavo Italian
Means both "Slav" and "slave" in Italian, the latter meaning deriving from the former. Was most likely given as an ethnonym to people from Eastern Europe, though in some cases it may have been a nickname, or an occupational name for a servant.

Schiavone Italian

Schiazza Italian
From chiazza "stain, blot", perhaps given to someone with a prominent birthmark. Might also from a regional dialect, meaning "piazza, town square".

Sciancalepore Italian, German (Austrian)

Scime Italian
Possibly from the given name Simone 2, from Shimei or Shemesh, or from the Arabic root word شمس (shams or sams) "sun".

Scimeca Italian

Scioli Italian
Possibly derived from Scio, a shortened form of the medieval given name Desio (from Latin Desigus or Desijo, associated with literary Italian desio "desire"), or perhaps from medieval Tuscan Ciolo... [more]

Sciortino Italian
Occupational name from a diminutive of sciorta, sciurta "city guard, watchman, policeman" (Arabic ̣shuṛtī).

Sciuto Italian
Meaning "thin"... [more]

Scognamiglio Italian
Literally "millet thresher", probably from the Neapolitan verb scugnà ("to thresh") and miglio ("millet"), denoting cereal threshers.

Scotto Italian
Either an ethnic name for someone from Scotland or Ireland from medieval Italian scotto or scoto meaning "Scot", making it a cognate of Scott, or from a diminutive of given names ending in sco such as Francesco (via its diminutive Francescotto) or Maresco (via Marescotto).

Scuderi Sicilian
Patronymic form of Scudero, a status name equivalent to English Squire, from scudero "shield-bearer", Latin scutarius, an agent derivative of scutum "shield"... [more]

Scuro Italian
From Italian meaning "dark".

Scurti Italian
Possibly from Neapolitan curto "short".

Scuteri Italian
Variant of Scuderi.

Scutti Italian
From Sicilian scutu, "shield".

Sebastiano Italian
From the given name Sebastiano.

Secondo Italian
From the given name Secondo

Sedita Italian
From Italian sei "six" + dita, plural of dito "finger", hence a nickname either for someone having six fingers or metaphorically for someone who was very dextrous.

Segale English, Italian
Respelling of SEGAL. A famous bearer is Mario A. Segale, the inspiration for Nintendo's video game character Mario

Selva Catalan, Italian
From any of various places in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, or northern Italy named Selva, as for instance the Catalan district La Selva, from selva "wood", Latin silva.

Semenza Italian
From semenza ‘seeds’ possibly used for a seed merchant.

Senatore Italian
status name from senatore "senator" (from Latin senator) or a nickname for a stately or perhaps pompous man.

Sensi Italian
Derived from Italian "senso" meaning "sense, feeling". Historically, the surname could have been given to someone who was known for their wisdom or intelligence, or to someone who had a keen sense of perception or intuition... [more]

Serafino Italian
From the given name Serafino

Serapiglia Italian

Sereno Italian
1 Italian: from the personal name Sereno (from Latin serenus, serena ‘clear’, ‘calm’).... [more]

Serrao Italian
Probably from a dialectical term meaning "closed, shut".

Serratore Italian
Means either "sawyer", from Italian serrare, "to saw", or "locksmith", from Italian serratura, "lock".

Sesto Italian

Sette Italian
Means "seven". Probably a nickname for the seventh child of a family, though it could derive from a place name containing the element.

Setti Italian

Severino Italian, Spanish

Severo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Severo

Sferrazza Italian
Possibly derived from sferra meaning "old horseshoe, rusty knife or sword, piece of junk" or figuratively "good-for-nothing, worthless man", an occupational name for a scrap-metal merchant, or a nickname based on the latter sense... [more]

Sforza Italian
Derived from the Italian verb sforzare meaning "to force, strain"; also compare the related word forza "force, strength". This was the surname of a dynasty of Milanese dukes, which held power in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Sgambelluri Italian

Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.

Siciliano Italian, Sicilian
One who came from Sicily.

Signore Italian
from the medieval personal name Signore (from Latin senior "senior elder" genitive senioris). from signore ‘lord’ hence a derisive nickname for a peasant who gave himself airs and graces or an occupational name for someone in the service of a great lord... [more]

Silvano Italian, Galician
From the given name Silvano

Silverio Spanish, Galician, Italian
From the given name Silverio

Silvestrini Italian
Diminutive form of Silvestri.

Silvestro Italian
From the given name Silvestro

Silvi Italian

Silvio Italian
From the personal name Silvio (Latin Silvius, a derivative of silva "wood").

Simone Italian

Simonelli Italian
From the given name Simon 1.

Simonetti Italian
Means "son of Simonetto", a diminutive of Simone 2.... [more]

Simoni Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Simone 2

Simpliciano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Simpliciano

Simplicio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Simplicio

Sinatra Italian
Comes from a personal name in Sicily and souther Calabria. The name was apparently in origin a nickname from Latin senator member of the Roman senate, Latin senatus, a derivative of senex ‘old’... [more]

Sinner Italian

Sipala Italian
From Sicilian sipala "hedge".

Siracusa Italian, Sicilian
From the name of the city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy (siracusa in Italian and sarausa in Sicilian).

Sodano Italian, Sicilian
nickname or ethnic name from Arabic sawdān "black Negro". nickname from Old Sicilian sudanu "sultan".

Solari Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called "Solaro" or "Solara", from solaro 'site', 'plot', 'meadow', literally "land exposed to the sun".

Soldano Italian, Sicilian
from soldano "sultan" (earlier sultano from Arabic sulṭān "ruler") used as a nickname for someone who behaved in an outlandish or autocratic manner.

Soldo Italian, Croatian
Nickname from soldo "penny cent" also "military pay wage" (from Latin solidus "solid" the name of a gold Roman coin). From a short form of a compound personal name ending with -soldo such as Ansoldo... [more]

Solinas Italian
Meaning uncertain; could be related to Latin solum, from which comes Italian suolo "earth, ground, soil" and suola "sole (of the foot or shoe)", or from Italian salina "salt pan, salt marsh".

Soprano Italian
For soprano "higher, situated above", a topographic name for someone who lived at the top end of a place on a hillside.

Sorace Italian, Sicilian
Variant of Surace and Suraci.

Sorbo Italian
Means "sorb apple, service tree" (species Sorbus domestica) in Italian.

Sorgente Italian
From sorgente "spring, rising water".

Sottile Italian
Southern Italian: nickname from sottile ‘delicate’, ‘refined’, also ‘lean’, ‘thin’ (from Latin subtilis ‘small’, ‘slender’).

Sozio Italian
Nickname from socio "companion", "ally".

Spaccarelli Italian

Spadaccini Italian

Spadafora Italian
Variant form of Spatafora. Spadafora is the younger out of the two surnames and yet the most common of the two, which might partly be because it is a little bit more italianized... [more]

Spagna Italian
From Italian spagna "Spain" for a Spaniard or someone who had connections to Spain. Also from the female given name of the same meaning, Italian cognitive of Spain.

Spalla Italian
Means "shoulder".

Spallone Italian
From spalla "shoulder, back", indicating someone who carried things on their shoulders. The modern translation is "smuggler". Alternately, may be an elaboration of Spalla.

Sparacino Italian

Spatafora Italian
This surname originates from the Italian island of Sicily, where it was first borne by a noble family of Byzantine origin, which had settled on the island in the 11th century AD. Their surname was derived from the Greek noun σπάθη (spathe) "blade, sword" (akin to Latin spatha "broad sword with a double edge") combined with Greek φορεω (phoreo) "to carry, to bear", which gives the surname the meaning of "he who carries the sword" or "sword-bearer"... [more]

Speca Italian
From a variant of spiga "spike, ear (of grain)"

Spedaliere Italian

Spella Italian
Possibly a variant of Spellini. Alternatively, could derive from an inflected form of Italian spellare "to skin, flay, peel".

Speranza Italian
Means "hope" in Italian.

Sperazza Italian

Speroni Italian
Either a Plural form of sperone "spur" an occupation for a spurrier or from the given name Gaspare.

Spezia Italian
Means "spice, drug" in Italian. It was used to denote someone who worked as a spicer or apothecary.

Spina Italian
Means "thorn" in Italian, originally a topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or a habitational name from any of various locations called Spina.

Spinazzola Italian
From a place named Spinazzola in Italy.

Spinelli Italian
Variant of Spina, of uncertain etymology: could be related to several place names in Italy, to given names such as Crispino, or to the crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus.

Spinola Italian
Italian (Liguria) diminutive of Spina. Italian topographic name for someone living by Monte Spinola in the province of Pavia.

Spinosa Italian
Most likely from Italian spinosa meaning "prickly, thorny, spiny, ticklish, touchy".

Spitaleri Italian

Spoltore Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Sposato Italian

Squitieri Italian
Variant of Scuteri.