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

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]

Sorace Italian, Sicilian
Variant of Surace and Suraci.

Sorella Italian
Means "sister". Nickname for someone known for behaving in a sisterly manner, or perhaps like a nun.

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

Sozio Italian
Archaic Italian form of socio meaning "companion, partner, ally".

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]

Spalla Italian
Means "shoulder".

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)"

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

Spellini Italian
Possibly derived from Old Germanic spellą meaning "news, message" or "story, legend", perhaps a nickname for a storyteller or messenger.

Speranza Italian
Means "hope" in Italian.

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... [more]

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

Splendente Italian
From Italian splendente "bright, shining", supposedly given to an infants abandoned at orphanages on sunny days.

Stallone Italian
from stallone "stallion" applied either as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a stallion or as a metonymic occupational name for someone who bred horses. from an augmentative of stalla "stable stall" used as a topographic name and as a habitational name from any of the minor places called with this word.... [more]

Stornelli Italian
Meaning uncertain; may be from storno "starling", or directly from stornelli, an Italian lyric or folk song.

Strano Italian
Nickname from Italian meaning "stranger".

Surace Italian, Sicilian
From the italian Greek surname Surakes possibly from Arabic surraq "robber".

Suraci Italian, Sicilian
Variant of Surace and Sorace.

Surdi Italian
Meaning "deaf" in Latin.

Taccola Italian
Nickname of a diminutive from Italian meaning "jackdaw".

Tagliaferro Italian
From Italian tagliare "to cut" and ferro "iron", an occupational name for an ironworker, or a nickname for a strong or ferocious fighter, one who was adept at cutting through the cuirass of the enemy with his sword... [more]

Taglialatela Italian
Taglialatela means "the person who cuts the cloth" and is typical in the Naples and Caserta areas of Italy.

Taibbi Sicilian (Americanized, Modern)
A Sicilian name of Lebanese origin, Taibbi is a variant spelling of Taibi.

Taibi Sicilian
Taibi is a Sicilian nickname for a robust person; from Arabic ṭayyib "in good health".

Tartaglia Italian
From Italian tartagliare "to stutter".

Tassoni Italian
Probably derived from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)", though it can also mean "yew (tree)".

Tauro Italian
Taken from the words "bull" or "ox".

Tedeschi Italian
Plural of Tedesco "German".

Tempesta Italian
Originally a nickname for a person with a blustery temperament, from Italian tempesta meaning "storm, tempest" (compare Tempest).... [more]

Tempesti Italian

Tetta Italian
Means "boob, tit" in Italian.

Tizzoni Italian
From Italian tizzone "embers, live coal; firebrand", probably a nickname for a troublemaker or revolutionary.

Todde Italian
From a modification of Latin tollere "to lift, to raise; to destroy". Alternately, may derive from the medieval Sardinian name Totolle.

Todeschini Italian
From Italian tedesco "German, of Germany".

Tontodonati Italian
From Italian tonto "foolish, stupid" and the given name Donato.

Toro Spanish, Italian
Either a habitational name from Toro in Zamora province. Compare De Toro . Or a nickname for a lusty person or for someone who owned a bull or a metonymic occupational name for a tender of bulls or possibly for a bull fighter from toro "bull" (from Latin taurus).

Torta Italian
Probably from Italian torto "twisted, bent, crooked", or the related French tort "wrong, deviated".

Tozzi Italian
Derived from Italian tozzo meaning "squat, stocky, thickset". ... [more]

Trentadue Italian
Means "thirty-two" in Italian. ... [more]

Trovatelli Italian
Means "foundling" in Italian, literally trovato "found" and the diminutive suffix -ello.

Trovato Italian
Given to a foundling or abandoned child, literally "found" in Italian.

Turba Italian
Possibly from Italian turbare, "to disturb, to trouble", itself from Latin turba, "turmoil, disturbance; mob, crowd". Alternately, it could be from the German surname Turba, of uncertain meaning.

Turco Italian
Means "Turkish" in Italian, an ethnic name for someone from Turkey, or a nickname from the same word in the sense of a non-Christian or, following the medieval ethnic stereotype, a cruel, ferocious, or short-tempered person.

Uccheddu Italian
From Sardinian uccheddu, "eyelet, buttonhole".

Urbino Sicilian, Italian
Possibly from the name of an Italian town. Could also be from Sicilian urbu or orbu, meaning "blind", in which case it may refer to literal blindness, or a more metaphorical "blind to one's sins", especially in the case of foundlings.

Ursi Italian
Ultimately from Latin meaning "bear".

Urso Italian
Derived from Latin ursi meaning "bear".

Usanza Italian
Means, "custom, tradition, habit" in Italian.

Valente Italian, Galician, Portuguese
Italian, Galician, and Portuguese: nickname from valente ‘brave’, ‘valiant’.... [more]

Vecchio Italian
Means "old, aged" in Italian, originally used as a nickname for an older or oldest son or for someone who was prematurely grey or wrinkled.

Vella Maltese, Italian
Derived from Italian bella meaning "beautiful".

Ventrella Italian
Derived from a diminutive form of ventre "belly, midriff, stomach". Can also be an altered form of Venturella (see Ventura).

Ventrelli Italian
Variant of Ventrella.

Verde Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From Spanish verde "green" (Latin viridis), presumably a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in this color or had green eyes, etc. This is also a common element of place names.

Vergine Italian
Italian form of Virgo.

Verrone Italian
Italian: probably a nickname from an augmentative form of verro ‘boar’.

Verzillo Italian
Uncertain etymology. Possibly a variant of Vercillo, a pet form of vercio "cross-eyed, one-eyed" (see Guercio)... [more]

Vicino Italian
Italian form of Voisin.

Virtuoso Italian
Means "virtuous, upright" or "skilful" in Italian, as well as "virtuoso, master (of a musical instrument)".

Viscera Italian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Latin viscera "internal organs; viscera, entrails", perhaps a nickname for a butcher.

Visconti Italian
From the Italian noble title visconte "viscount", itself from medieval Latin vice comes, a title of rank meaning "deputy of a count; sheriff". In most cases it was a nickname for a servant or soldier employed by a viscount, or for someone who acted like a viscount, but unusually, in some cases it was used as a literal occupational name for someone with the title of viscount, with at least two Italian noble families bearing the name during the Middle Ages... [more]

Viscuso Italian
From Sicilian viscusu "tough, tenacious, vicious".

Xompero Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Cimbrian somerousch "pack horse", indicating the bearer's strength or occupation. Alternately, may mean "son of Piero".

Zalas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Salas.

Zalla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Sala.

Zallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Salas.

Zanda Italian
From Sardinian zanda "field poppy".

Zanni Italian, Venetian
From the given name Zanni, a Venetan form of Gianni. This is also the name of a broad character archetype of commedia dell’arte, covering a wide range of servant and trickster characters; in some cases, the surname could have originated as a nickname based on this archetype.

Zanussi Friulian, Italian
Zanussi is best known as the surname of an influential Italian inventor from Brugnera in Friulia. The name likely comes from zanuso meaning ‘sedge’ in Italian.

Zerbo Italian
Probably, comes from the Greek word "zerbos", meaning 'left-handed' and 'treacherous'

Zingaro Italian
Means "gypsy" in Italian.

Zoccola Italian
Possibly derives from a dialectic variant of zoccolo "clog (shoe with wooden sole); hoof (of an animal)", perhaps a nickname for someone who made or often wore such shoes, or for a mountaineer... [more]

Zonzini Italian
Nickname from Italian zonzo meaning "silly, foolish".

Zoppi Italian
Nickname from zoppo "lame, unsteady".

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