Browse Submitted Surnames

Abagnale Italian
Either an occupational name for a shepherd or a person who lived near a sheepfold (derived from Italian abbagnale meaning "good shepherd, good sheepfold"), or a topographic name for someone who lived in a wet or swampy area (from abagnato meaning "drenched, soaked")... [more]

Abruzzo Italian
Name for a person originally from the region of Abruzzo in northern Italy.

Achille French, Italian
From the given name Achille

Adorno Italian
From the given name Adorno, meaning "adorned".

Adorno Sicilian
Means "honey buzzard" in the Calabrian dialect, a nickname given to someone with a hawklike appearance, or an occupational name for a falconer.

Agosto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician
From the given name Agosto.

Albanese Italian
Southern Italian : ethnic name from albanese ‘(an) Albanian’, applied to someone from Albania or from one of the Albanian settlements in Abruzzo, Apulia, Campania, and Sicily.

Alberti Italian
From the given name Alberto.

Alessio Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Alfeo Italian
From the given name Alfeo.

Alfonsi Italian
From the given name Alfonso.

Alfredi Italian
Derived from the given name Alfredo.

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

Amadi Persian, Romanian, Italian, Maltese
Variant of Ahmadi common in Romania and Italy. It is typical of Malta.

Ambrogio Italian
From the given name Ambrogio.

Ameche Italian (Anglicized)
Americanised form of Amici. A famous bearer was American actor, comedian and vaudevillian Don Ameche (1908-1993). After portraying the title character in the movie The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939), his surname led Americans to use the word ameche as a juvenile slang for a telephone.

Amelia Italian
Variant of D'amelia.

Amici Italian
From the given name Amico.

Amico Italian
Means "friend, companion" in Italian, possibly given as a nickname, but more likely derived from the given name Amico, or perhaps a short form of Bonamico.

Angela Italian
Derived from the given name Angelus (see Angel).

Anzalone Italian
The surname Anzalone was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia).

Aquinas Italian
Aquinas indicates ancestral origins from the Italian county "Aquino." Aquino comes from the latin word "Aquinum" which itself probably comes from the latin word aqua. Aqua means water in English.

Ardito Italian
From the given name Ardito.

Arduino Italian
From the given name Arduino.

Argento Italian
Means "silver" in Italian, originally used as an occupational name for a silversmith or a nickname for a person with gray hair.

Ariosto Italian
From the Germanic given name Ariost, meaning "battle-ready". A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533).

Armenia Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Armenia or who had connections with Armenia. This surname is derived from the feminine form of Armenio, which is ultimately from Greek Αρμένιος (Armenios) meaning "Armenian"... [more]

Arturo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Arturo.

Astoni Italian
It is the surname of the Home and Away family, The Astoni family, consisting of 4 members, Ben, Maggie, Coco and Ziggy.

Astore Italian
Derived from Italian astore meaning "goshawk", an occupational name for a falconer, or a nickname for a person who had aquiline features or who was cunning by nature.

Attilio Italian
From the given name Attilio.

Augusto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Augusto

Aurelio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Aurelio

Aurora Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese
Means "dawn" in Latin (see the given name Aurora).

Avena Italian, Spanish
Means "oats" in Spanish and Italian, an occupational surname for a grain grower or merchant. It can also be a toponymic surname derived from Avena, Calabria.

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

Banchero Italian (?)

Barbera Italian
Feminine form of Barbero, perhaps denoting a barber’s wife. Alternatively, it could derive from the name of a kind of grape from the Piemonte region.

Baresi Italian
Variant of Barrese. A famous bearer is Franchino "Franco" Baresi (1960-), as well as his brother Giuseppe Baresi (1958-), both former Italian soccer players.

Baroni Italian
Variant of Barone.

Barrese Italian, Sicilian
Denoted a person from any of the various minor places named Barra in southern Italy (for example the large district in the eastern part of Naples), derived from Italian barra meaning "barrier, bar, obstacle".

Bartoli Italian
Derived from the Italian name Bartolo.

Barzagli Italian
Probably from barezzo, an old word of Germanic origin used to denote people who bred pigs or sold ham.

Basilio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basilio.

Bellino Italian
Means "pretty, sweet, cute" in Italian, a diminutive of Bello. It can originate as a nickname, or derive from the medieval given names Bellina or Bellinus... [more]

Benelli Italian
The distinguished surname Benelli originated in an area of Italy, known as the Papal States. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adapt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent... [more]

Benigni Italian
Patronymic form of Benigno. A notable bearer is the Italian actor and comedian Roberto Benigni (1952-).

Benigno Spanish, Italian
From the given name Benigno.

Berardo Italian
From the given name Berardo.

Bergamin Italian
Traced to 1437, Bergamo. A 'bergamini' was known as a person famrmed and sold milk cows

Bergoglio Italian
From the name of a village in Piedmont, Italy. A notable bearer is Jorge Mario Bergoglio (1936-), better known as Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church.

Bertagni Italian
Bertagni has a lineage in Genoa and one in Lucca. Possibly derives from Gothic, Lombard and Germanic names containing the root germanica bertha (bright) or the celtic bert (bearer).

Berzoni Italian (Modern, Rare)

Bettino Italian
From the given name Bettino.

Binotti Italian
From Latin albus, "white", derivative of Albino.

Bistolfo Italian
Bistolfi has a lineage between Alessandria Casale Monferrato, Acqui Terme and Prasco, Genoa and Savona. Bistolfo may derive from a modified form of the medieval name Guisulfus. In an act of 1327 Gui-sulfus Cottalorda (Mayor of Breil) signed an important peace agreement with Tenda, probably passing by the name Wisulfus, and therefore by common substitution of W with B.

Bocchino Italian
Means "small mouth" in Italian, either referring to a physical attribute of the bearer, or given as a nickname to a talkative person or someone prone to gossiping.

Boiardo Italian
Means "bureaucrat" in Italian.

Bonacci Italian
"Bona" comes from the Italian for good, "Buona" and "cci" is ancient Latin form for "man." Thus, "the good man." A derivation of FiBonacci, or "son of Bonacci." Was the name of the famous mathematician, Leondardo de Pisa: Leonardo of Pisa is now known as Fibonacci short for filius Bonacci... [more]

Bontempo Italian
Italian cognate of "Bontemps"

Bonuomo Italian

Borromée Italian (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Borromeo, used in reference to Saint Charles Borromeo, a 16th-century Italian cardinal.

Boscolo Italian
Habitational name for someone who lived by a forest, derived from Italian bosco meaning "woods, forest".

Brenari Jewish, Italian
Etymology uncertain, possibly a habitational name.

Brunello Italian
From the given name Brunello.

Bulgaria Italian, Spanish
Originally an ethnic name or regional name for someone from Bulgaria or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with Bulgaria, which is named after the Turkic tribe of the Bulgars, itself possibly from a Turkic root meaning "mixed".

Buscemi Sicilian
Name for someone originally from the town of Buscemi in Sicily, derived from the Arabic toponym قلعة أبي شامة‎ (qal'at 'abi shama) meaning "castle of the man with the mole‎" or "castle of (the family of) Abi Shama".

Butera Italian
Means “vineyard” or “grapevine” in Italian.

Camillo Italian
From the given name Camillo.

Campagna Italian
Name for someone originally from any of various locations named Campagna, all derived from Latin Campania, itself from campus meaning "field".

Cannella Italian
Diminutive form of canna "cane, reed, pipe", possibly a nickname for a tall, thin person, or perhaps taken directly from cannella "cinnamon (spice)" as a metonymic name for a spice merchant.

Cantone Italian
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations named Cantone, derived from Italian cantone meaning "canton, corner".

Cantoni Italian
Variant of Cantone.

Capaldi Italian
Variant of Capaldo.

Capaldo Italian
Probably a diminutive of Italian capo meaning "head", perhaps used as a nickname for a stubborn or hard-headed person.

Capasso Italian

Capecchi Italian
Probably from Old Italian capecchio, either denoting a type of cheap batting and, by extension, upholsterers, who worked with it, or as a nickname for a person with bristly hair or beard.... [more]

Capone Italian
Augmentative of Italian capo meaning "head", used as a nickname for a big-headed or arrogant person.

Capote Italian (Tuscan)
Capote is a name for person who was the chief of the head from the Italian personal name Capo.

Caprari Italian
Variant of Capraro.

Capraro Italian
Occupational name for a goatherd, derived from Italian capra meaning "goat".

Capua Italian
From the name of a city in Campania, Italy, possibly derived from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌅𐌀 (capeva) meaning "city of marshes", though this etymology is disputed.

Caputo Italian
Derived from Latin caput meaning "head", used as a nickname for a big-headed or stubborn person.

Carducci Italian
From Riccarduccio, an affectionate form of the given name Riccardo. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906.

Carlucci Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Carluccio.

Carmine Italian (Rare), English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Carmine, which in turn was derived from the color of a vivid form of red.

Carucci Italian
Derived from Medieval Latin names Carutius or Caruccius or from the Italian term caruccio composed by caro meaning "dear" with the endearment suffix -uccio.

Castagna Italian
From Italian castagna "chestnut" (from Latin castanea) for someone who worked with chestnuts... [more]

Castiglia Italian
Habitational name for someone from Castile, Spain (see Castilla).

Catena Italian
This surname means "chain" in Italian.

Catone Italian
From the given name Catone, derived from the Roman cognomen Cato 1 "wise".

Cattano Sicilian (Rare)
Meaning "captain," this name began as a nickname in the Medieval Ages, probably for someone who actually was a ship's captain, or perhaps for someone who acted in some way like a captain.

Celino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celino

Cembrola Italian
My family is from St. Angelo, de Oliva, Naples, Italy

Chiovaro Sicilian
Unknown meaning. Brought over to the United States from Sicilian immigrants, where the pronunciation changed from KEE-o-vah-row to SHIV-ahr-ow.

Chirico Italian
Surname of Italian surrealist artist, Giorgio de Chirico

Cicero Italian
From Sicilian cìciru "chickpea", an occupational name for someone who grew or sold chickpeas, or perhaps a nickname for someone with notable pimples or skin sores.

Cinardo Italian
From Italy

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

Cirillo Italian
From the given name Cirillo.

Cirino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Cirino.

Coniglio Italian, Sicilian
From coniglio "rabbit" (from Latin cuniculus ) applied as a nickname for a timid person or a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rabbits... [more]

Consalvo Italian
From the given name Consalvo.

Corletto Italian

Cornacchia Italian
Means "crow, carrion crow, jackdaw" in Italian, a nickname for someone who was talkative, or thought to resemble a crow or jackdaw in some other way.

Cornelio Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Cornelio. Cognitive of Cornell, Cornelius, and Corneille.

Corsino Filipino, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian
Diminutive of Corso.

Cossiga Italian, Sardinian
Sardinian translation of the place name Corsica. A famous bearer of the name is Francesco Cossiga (1928-2010), Italian politician who served as Prime Minister (1979-1980) and as President (1985-1992).

Costabile Italian
Occupational name for a chamberlain, cognate to Constable. In some cases, it’s instead taken from the Italian given name derived from Late Latin Constabilis.

Crescenzo Italian
From the given name Crescenzo

Cristiani Italian
From the Latin given name Christianus.

Cugini Italian (Rare)
Means "cousins" in Italian.

Curcuru Italian
Short form of Curcuruto.

D'Abruzzo Italian
Variant of Abruzzo. It is the real surname of the American actor Alan Alda (1936-), who was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo.

D'Alfonso Italian
From the given name Alfonso.

D'amelia Italian
Either from the given name Amelia or from the town of Amelia, in Umbria.

D'Amelio Italian
From the given name Amelio.

Damiano Italian
From the given name Damiano.

D'Amico Italian
Derived from Italian amico meaning "friend".

D'andrea Italian

D'annunzio Italian
Patronymical form of Annunzio, Italian form of the Latin given name Annuntius. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938).

D'Aquila Italian
Means "from L'Aquila", a city in Abruzzo, Italy (known locally as Aquila).

Davide Italian
From the given name Davide.

De Curtis Italian
Originally denoting someone who was short, or came from a family of short people. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian actor Antonio "Totò" De Curtis (1898–1967).

De Grandi Italian

Deledda Italian, Sardinian
Variant of Ledda. A famous bearer of this surname is Nobel Prize for Literature recipient Grazia Deledda (1871–1936).

Del Piero Italian
Means "son of Piero". This name is borne by the Italian former soccer player Alessandro Del Piero (1974-).

Del Prato Italian
Meaning "of the meadow" in Italian, likely detonating to someone who lived on a field.

Demachi Italian
Possibly a variant of the French surname Demachy.

De Marco Italian
From the given name Marco.

De Marni Italian
From Italy, most likely Northern Italy. One theory is that De Marni or a similar sounding name was the name of an orphanage, but it's origin is unknown.

Demetrio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Demetrio.

De Rossi Italian
Variant of Rossi.

De Salvo Italian
Meaning of "De" is "From", or "Of", so probably "From Salvo".

Di Carlo Italian
From the given name Carlo.

Di Dio Italian
Means "of God" in Italian.

Di Mauro Italian
From the given name Mauro.

Di Pego Italian
the origin of di Pego is unknown, but translates to 'I caught', in Italian.... [more]

Disraeli Italian, Jewish
Originally denoted a person who came from Israel. This surname was borne by the British politician, statesman and novelist Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; he is also the only British prime minister to have been of Jewish origin.

Domizio Italian
From the given name Domizio

Einaudi m Italian

Elia Italian, Assyrian, Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Elia.

Eligio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eligio

Enea Italian
From the given name Enea the Italian form of Aeneas.

Enrico Italian
From the given name Enrico.

Eugenio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eugenio.

Evola Italian
Perhaps a topographic name from Italian ebbio, a type of plant known as danewort in English (genus Sambucus), itself derived from Latin ebullus; alternatively, it may have been a habitational name for a person from a minor place named with this word... [more]

Fabrizio Italian
From the given name Fabrizio

Facchetti Italian
Derived from a diminutive of Italian facchino meaning "porter" (see Facchini). A notable bearer was the Italian soccer star Giacinto Facchetti (1942-2006).

Facchini Italian
Occupational name for a porter (a carrier of objects), derived from Italian facchino meaning "porter, carrier of goods". The word facchino was originally from Sicilian facchinu meaning "jurist, scribe, clerk, theologian" (ultimately from Arabic فَقِيه (faqīh) meaning "jurisconsult, expert on law"), but was later modified to mean "porter".

Felice Italian
Given name Felice, which is the Italian form of Felix.... [more]

Ferranti Italian
Derived from the Latin word ferrum, which means "iron". Originally an occupational name for a blacksmith or a worker in iron.

Ferretti Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Patronymic form of Ferro.

Ferruccio Italian
From the given name Ferruccio

Filipi Italian
Variant of Filippi.

Filippo Italian
From the given name Filippo.

Finotti Italian
Derived from the Medieval Italian given name Fino or also given to someone whose ancestors were named Delfino or Ruffino.

Fiorello Italian
From the given name Fiorello

Fiorenzo Italian
From the given name Fiorenzo

Fiorini Italian
Variant of Fiorino.

Fiorino Italian
From the given name Fiorino.

Fischione Italian
Means "widgeon" (a kind of dabbling duck) in Italian, or literally "whistler", derived from fischio "whistle".

Fischioni Italian (Rare)
Variant of Fischione.

Flaminio Italian
From the given name Flaminio.

Foligno Italian
From the name of an ancient town in Umbria, Italy, derived from Latin Fulginia, of uncertain etymology.

Formica Italian
Means "ant" in Italian, a nickname for a hard worker.

Fracasso Italian
Means "din, uproar, fracas; crash, ruin" in Italian, a nickname for a rowdy, destructive person, or for a noisy braggart. Alternatively, it could derive from the Roman cognomen Fraucus.

Francese Italian
Means "French, Frenchman" in Italian.

Franchini Italian
Italian patronymic of Franchino.

Franchino Italian
Diminutive form of Franco.

Frioni Italian

Furino Italian (Rare)
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Furio.

Gaeta Italian
Derived from the town of Gaeta, in the province of Latina, in Lazio, central Italy. It can also derive from the given name Gaetano which shares its origin.

Gagliano Italian
Habitational name from any of several places in Italy, most of which derive from the Latin personal name Gallius (see Gallus). Alternatively, it could derive directly from the given name Gallius, or from a similar name such as Galianus or Galenus.

Galante Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Jewish
Means "gallant, courteous, chivalrous; romantic" in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, both derived from French galant "gentlemanly" or "flirtatious, amorous". In the case of Mordecai Galante, a Spanish exile in 16th century Rome, his courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname Galantuomo, meaning "gentleman" in Italian, from which Galante was eventually derived.... [more]

Gattuso Italian, Sicilian
Sicilian and Calabrian variant of Gatto, notably borne by the Italian former soccer player Gennaro Gattuso (1978-).

Gaudioso Italian, Spanish
From the given name Gaudioso.

Gavino Italian
From the given name Gavino.

Genarro Italian
The surname "Gennaro" has Italian origins and is commonly associated with the given name "Gennaro," which is derived from the Latin name "Ianuarius," meaning "January." The name is often linked to St... [more]

Gennaro Italian
From the given name Gennaro

Gerardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Gerardo

Giaccone Italian
Probably a modification of the given name Giacomo.

Giacconi Italian
Variant of Giaccone.

Giacinto Italian
From the given name Giacinto.

Giacobbi Italian

Giacomo Italian
From the given name Giacomo.

Giamatti Italian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Giammattei. Famous bearers include brothers Paul Giamatti (1967-) and Marcus Giamatti (1961-), both American actors.

Giammattei Italian
Patronymic form of Giammatteo.

Giancarlo Italian
From the given name Giancarlo.

Giannone Italian
From a diminutive meaning "big Gianni" formed by combining the personal name Gianni with -one, a suffix used to form augmentatives.

Gilarde Italian

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

Giovanni Italian
From the given name Giovanni.

Giuliano Italian
From the given name Giuliano

Giustino Italian
From the given name Giustino

Gonella Italian
From Italian gonnella "skirt", derived from Latin gunna "leather garment", in Old Italian referring to a unisex garment similar to a long tunic that probably originated as military garb... [more]

Graceffa Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a southern Italian place name in the comune of Aragona in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.

Graziano Italian
From the given name Graziano.

Gregori Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Gregorio.

Guglielmo Italian
From the given name Guglielmo.

Guliani Italian
Variant of Giuliani.

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

Iadanza Italian
Habitational name from a place in the province of Benevento, Italy. ... [more]

Iannucci Italian
From a pet form of the given name Ianni. A famous bearer of the name is the Scottish filmmaker and satirist Armando Iannucci (1963-).

Ingoglia Italian
Means "belonging to the family of Goglia" in Italian, derived from the prefix in- meaning "belonging to the family of" combined with the name Goglia... [more]

Inzaghi Italian
Probably from the town of Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).

Isacco Italian
From the given name Isacco.

Lamberto Italian
From the given name Lamberto.

La Rosa Italian
Derived from Italian rosa meaning "rose", used as a name for someone who lived by a rose bush.

Lattanzi Italian
Variant of Lattanzio.

Lattanzio Italian
From the given name derived from Latin Lactantius, which could derive from the minor Roman agricultural deity Lactans, or directly from the Latin word lactans "suckling, milking".

Lazzaro Italian
From the given name Lazzaro

Lencioni Italian
Derived from the given name Lencio, a short form of Lorenzo.

Logatto Italian (Rare)
Variant of Gatto.

Loglisci Italian
My grandfather's family name who were from Gravina di Puglia

Lo Maglio Italian
Means "the mallet, the hammer" in Italian (see Maglio).

Lonardo Italian
Variant of Leonardo, characteristic of central–southern Italy.

Lo Ricco Italian
Possibly means "the rich one", from Italian ricco "rich, wealthy" combined with the definitive article lo.

Lucchese Italian
Denoted someone from Lucca, a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy.

Lucchesi Italian
Variant form of Lucchese.

Malizia Italian
Means "malice, spite" or "mischievousness" in Italian.

Manera Italian
Either a habitational name from any of two places called Manera in the Italian provinces of Cuneo and Como, a nickname and perhaps a metonymic occupational name (from the dialect word manèra meaning "executioner's axe, cleaver" or from Italian manero "well-behaved, skilled"), or derived from the given name Mainiero (ultimately from Frankish Maginhari, composed of the Ancient Germanic elements magin "strength, might" and hari, heri "army").

Manfredo Italian
From the given name Manfredo.

Mannazzu Sardinian, Sicilian, Italian
Probably derived from the given name Manno combined with the augmentative suffix -azzu.

Mantia Italian
Shortened variant of Amantea.

Manzoni Italian
Of uncertain origin: could be derived from a nickname given to those who raised and took care of bullock, or from the medieval terms manso or mansueto, denoting a gentle person.... [more]

Marano Italian
Habitational name from any of various places named with the Latin personal name Marius and the suffix -anu.

Marcello Italian
From the given name Marcello

Marziale Italian, Corsican
From the given name Marziale

Massaro Italian
Regional or archaic form of Italian massaio meaning "tenant farmer, share cropper".

Massimo Italian
From the given name Massimo

Matassa Italian
Means "hank, skein, coil" in Italian and Sicilian, derived from Ancient Greek μέταξα (metaxa) via Latin mataxa "raw silk; thick string, thread", an occupational name for a silk merchant (compare Metaxas)... [more]

Matteo Italian
From the given name Matteo.

Mattioli Italian
From the given name Mattia.

Maurizio Italian
From the given name Maurizio

Mazzola Italian
From a diminutive of Italian mazza meaning "maul, mallet".

Mazzoni Italian
Variant of Mazzone.

Medici Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Medico. This was the name of an Italian political dynasty that was in power through the Renaissance period.

Medico Italian
Means "doctor, physician" in Italian, from Latin medicus, ultimately from medeor "to heal, cure, remedy, help".

Medizza Italian

Melchiorre Italian
From the given name Melchiorre.

Meloni Italian
From Italian mela ("apple", from Latin malum) or melone ("melon", from Latin melopepo), both ultimately from Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon), meaning "apple", "fruit from a tree"... [more]

Mercurio Italian
From the given name Mercurio.

Metallo Italian
Means "metal" in Italian, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (metallon) "mine, quarry; metal". Probably a metonymic occupational name for a miner or a metalworker, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a clear, metallic tone of voice... [more]

Miceli Italian
Southern Italian variant of Micheli.

Micelli Italian
Variant of Miceli.

Micucci Italian
Patronymic or plural form of a pet form of the personal name Mico, a short form of Michele 1.

Miele Italian
It means "honey" in Italian.

Mignano Italian
Possibly taken from the Mignano Monte Lungo commune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania.

Minagro Sicilian
Minagro: A Sicilian surname, with Latin & Greek etymological origins. Min: from Latin minusculus/little or small — Agro: from both Latin agro/field & Greek αγρό agro/field

Modesto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Modesto

Mollica Italian
Means "crumb, breadcrumb; soft inner part of bread" in Italian, a nickname for a physically small or unintelligent person, or perhaps someone considered kind and soft-hearted.

Moneta Italian
Possibly originating from a nickname given to those who lived near a temple dedicated to Juno Moneta. A famous bearer of this surname is Nobel Prize for Peace recipient Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833–1918).

Montale Italian
From Latin mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.

Montalvo Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Montalvo is a habitational Portuguese and Spanish surname that originated in the medieval period. It comes from the Spanish words monte, meaning "mount", and albo, meaning "white". The name was often given to families who lived near or on a white mountain or hill, and can be interpreted as "white mountain".

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

Navone Italian

Nettuno Italian
From the given name Nettuno.

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

Normanno Italian
Italian cognitive of Norman.

Novello Italian
From the nickname and personal name Novello, from Italian meaning 'new, young'. A famous bearer of this name is Welsh actor and musician Ivor Novello (1893-1951).

Oliva Italian, Spanish
Of uncertain origin: derived either from a nickname to those who picked, worked with or sold olives, or from the given name Oliva.

Onofrio Italian
From the given name Onofrio.

Orazio Italian
From the given name Orazio.

Oreste Italian
From the given name Oreste

Orlandi Italian
Variant of Orlando.

Ortone Italian
Italian form of Horton.

Ortonio Italian, Spanish
Variant of Ortone. Italian and Spanish form of Hortonius.

Ossola Italian
Habitational name from the Ossola valley in Piedmont, Italy.

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

Ottavio Italian
From the given name Ottavio.

Ottone Italian
From the given name Ottone.

Paciello Italian
Italian surname for "Little peacemaker"; a diminutive for the Italian word "paciere", meaning Peacemaker.

Pacino Italian
Diminutive form of Pace. The American actor Al Pacino (1940-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Palmieri Italian
Derived from Italian palmiere meaning "pilgrim".

Palombo Italian
Variant of Palumbo.

Palosi Italian

Panaro Italian
From old Italian panaro meaning "bread basket" or "wooden basket, hamper", an occupational name for a baker, or perhaps a basket maker. Alternatively, could be a habitational name from the Panaro river.

Pancrazio Italian
From the given name Pancrazio.

Panella Italian
From the name of a kind of fritter or pancake made with chickpea powder. Could be an occupational name for a baker, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a yellowish complexion. Alternatively, can be a diminutive form of Pane.

Paolo Italian
From the given name Paolo.

Pasquale Italian
From the given name Pasquale.

Pasquali Italian
From the given name Pasquale.

Paterno Italian
From any of several locations called Paterno or Paterna in Italy, which can derive from Latin patere "open", or from the Roman cognomen Paternus "paternal, fatherly".

Paternò Italian
From the name of a municipality in Catania, Sicily, of uncertain etymology. It could derive from latinized Ancient Greek Paetram Aitnaion meaning "fortress of the Etnaeans", from Latin-Byzantine paternum praedium (or Paternòn) meaning "landed property inherited from the father", or perhaps from Latin Praeter Aetna "in front of Mount Etna".

Pavese Italian
Means "one from Pavia". Pavia is an Italian town located in Lombardy, northern Italy. It can also derive from pavese, a kind of big, Medieval shield.... [more]

Pennello Spanish, Italian

Perrina Italian

Perrone Italian
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Salvatore, Antonio, Pasquale, Vito, Domenic, Cosmo, Gaetano, Pellegrino, Rocco, Sal, Aldo.... [more]

Peruzzi Italian
From the given name Piero.

Petito Italian, Judeo-Italian
Nickname for a small person, derived from a dialectal word ultimately from French petit meaning "small, little".

Petrelli Italian
From the given name Pietro.

Petrone Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.

Petrucci Italian
From the given name Pietro.

Piccione Italian
Means "pigeon" in Italian, denoting someone who resembles the bird or an occupational name for a pigeon keeper.

Piovasco Italian, Literature
Means "shower, brief fall of rain" in Italian, from Italian piovere or piova, both meaning "rain" with an added suffix. Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò is the protagonist in the Italian novel The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, who inherited this surname from his father, Arminio Piovasco.

Pisano Italian
Variant of Pisani.

Platini Italian
Occupational name for a person who coats objects with platinum, derived from Italian platinare literally meaning "to platinize, to coat with platinum". A notable bearer is the former French soccer star Michel Platini (1955-).

Porcari Italian, English
From Italian porci "pigs", denoting someone who worked as a pig herder.

Pradetto Italian
Variant of Prato 1.