Italian Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 5 of 5)

Bank, shore

Curly-haired

Curly-haired

Fortress, rock

From Rocco

From the personal name Rocco

From Romagna

From Rome

Pilgrim to Rome

Cleared land

Rose

Little red-haired one

Red-haired (plural of Rosso)

Little red-haired one

A red-haired nickname or personal name

Wheel; from Rota

Round

A diminutive of Ruffo, red-haired

Famous spear (Roger)

Red-haired (southern form of Rosso)

Born on Saturday

Sack, sack maker

Hall, manor

From Saladin

Solomon

Italian place names or a salt-related occupation

From Salerno

Several Italian personal-name and place-name routes

Saviour

Safe, saved

An Italian surname from places called San Martino

A name taken from Saint Philip

Fang, prominent tooth

A descendant of Sansone, the Italian form of Samson

From Sant'Angelo, St Michael's place

A personal name related to Santo or All Saints

Little saint

Of the saints (All Saints' Day)

Little Santo

Saracen

Sardinian

Tailor

Tailor

A personal name traditionally meaning asked-for

Sabine

Stairway

Someone from Scaletta or a short form of Pasquale

A descendant of Cardo, from Riccardo

A possible endive occupation, with another regional explanation

Chisel / stonecutter

From Schiapparo

Slav, from Dalmatia

From Sciacca

Someone from Scimeca, or a Sicilian nickname

The Scots

Squire

Son of Sebastiano

Someone from Siena or Senise

Italian places, a personal name or a plant association

Son of Serafino

Serene

A nickname for a serious or solemn person

Mountain ridge

Sicilian

Of the woods

Soldiers

A coin or wage nickname, or a shortened personal name

From Sorrento

Sword

Spaniard

An asparagus-related regional surname

Thorn

Little thorn

Star

Strangler (nickname)

Drummer

Son of Tancredi

From Taormina

From Taranto

Yew, badger or a personal name

German

German

New land

Head

A personal name, Italian settlement, or regional nickname

From Tolentino; also a devotional name

Someone who cut iron, or a worker in iron

Son of Tommaso (twin)

A regional surname referring to a tower

Turtle dove

Tuscan

Boy, young man; shorn

Stocky

From Trapani

From Treviso

An Italian place-name surname from Veneto

Trumpeter

Short pet name

Someone living near tuff, soft volcanic stone

Turk

The city name or an Italian personal-name form

The son of Uberto, Hubert

Little Ugo

Cowherd

Strong, healthy

Of Valentino

Little Vanni (Giovanni)

Venetian

A belly nickname or shortened Italian personal name

Good fortune

Good fortune

Green

An Italian nickname with qualified alternatives

From Verona

From Viganò

Country house, village

Country dweller

From Vinci

Violet

Viscount

Full of life

Of life, lively (family of Vitale)

Little Vito

Fox

Altar server

Big John

A Veneto personal name equivalent to John

Little Gianni (John)

Little John

Little John

Hoe

An Italian place name with independent surname routes

Young man, bridegroom

A plural personal-name form or a regional nickname

A descendant of Zullo, a short personal name