Italian Last Names

abbot

small field

Albanian

illustrious / bright

from Alfano

old / elder

beloved ones

beloved

immortal

resurrection

manly / brave

angels

announced / annunciation

invaluable

invaluable

little bee

bow maker

sand / beach

silver

bold / brave

little bold ones

bear ruler

rooster beard

barber

barbers

baron / freeman

barons / freemen

son of Talmai / rich in land

little son of Talmai

royal / kingly

from Bassano

short / low

short / low

battle / skirmish

beautiful / handsome

little beautiful ones

little beautiful ones

bright raven

blessed

strong bear

cap / bonnet

mountain dwellers / from Bergamo

bear strong

from Bernasca / bear-like

bright / famous

big bright ones

God is my oath

drink water

of Blaise / lisping

white

white

little twins

blonde / fair-haired

small mouths / calves

from Bologna

good ones

little good ones

good man

executioner / boreal

villages / boroughs

from Borja

little wood / stump

woods / forest

boxwood tree

cow / from Bova

from Brembilla

claw / branch

sword

from Brescia

from Brescia

little dark ones

dark-haired ones / brown

brown

mouth / rinds

good

from Buscemi / Abu Shama

holes / hollows

from Calabria

from Cammarata / vaulted room

little bell

field

canal / channel

corners / cantons

big head

large head

little hats

hats

large-headed / stubborn

kara (black) child

coal

coals

dear / beloved

free men / little Charles

big Charles

from Carmignano

carnival

carriage

paper / document

shaven head / boy

house of God / foundling

hamlet / farmhouse

hamlets / farmhouses

new house

housed / from Casate

dairy farm / cheese maker

large helmet / faller

little houses

chestnut

stewards / administrators

castle dwellers / wardens

castles

great castle

from Catalonia

battle leader

captain

captains

horseman / horse dealer

horses

horse

little Francis / blind ones

Francis / blind

little Francis / blind ones

heavens

little bird / of Marcellus

rags

turkey oak trees

hairy / of Caesar

cherubs

little clear or bright ones

church

nails

stutterer / chubby

lame / clumsy

flatterers

cicada / chatterbox

big Francis

from Cingoli

from Cyprus

masterful / lordly

merciful / mild

clerics / clerks

coachmen / darlings

egg / darling

victory of the people

Nicholas of the saints

little Nicholas

little collars / little hills

hill

dove

column

from Como / of James

companions / partners

comfort / consolation

rabbit

consuls

count

counts

little counts

little cup / flat cap

baskets

crown

bold counsel

from Corsica / races

little Corsicans

courteous

courts / short ones

from Cosenza

from Corsica

coast / slope / rib

steadfast / constant

steadfast

flesh / from Crea

curly

grow

curly / growing

crosses

cuckoo / darling

short

quince

from the Adda river

of Agatha

of Augustine

of Alexander

of Alexis

of the beloved

of Ambrose

of Amelius / rival

of the friends

of the friend

of Andrew

of the angel

of Anna

of Anthony

of gold / golden

of Elijah

of Henry

of Henry

of Onuphrius

of Horace / prayerful

of the bear

from the mass / farm

of Damian

of Daniel

of Daniel

of the angels

of Charles

of the dear one

of Clare

of Crescentius

of the falcon / hawker

of Philip

of George

of Gregory

of Luke / light

of Lucy

of the master

of Mark

of Martin

of Thomas

of Michael

of Nardo

from Padua

of Paola

of Easter

of Paul

of Peter

of Robert

of the rose

of the saints

of Simon

of Stephen

of Vitus / life

of the lame ones

of the duke

of the big one

of the mountain

of the old man

dolphin / dauphin

of the garden

of the quarries

of the hornbeams

snapper fish / toothed

from Decimo

from Bari

of the beautiful one

of Charles

of Caesar

of God / foundling

of Dominic

of Donatus

of the flower

of Franco

of James

of John

of Lello

of Luke

of Mark

of Martin

of Matthew

of Maurus

of Nardo

of Paola

of Easter

of Peter

of the painted / dark one

of Roch

of Stephen

of Thomas

morning star / goddess Diana

little Aldobrandino

of Dionysius

of Dominic

given (by God)

little Donatus

from the sea / golden

dragon

duke

enduring

from Emilia

of Hercules

exposed

exposed / foundlings

evangelist

bean grower / Fabian

smiths

factory / building

builder / maker

blacksmith

fairy

falcon

falcon

falcons

infantrymen / young boys

infantrymen / young boys

infantrymen / young boys

flour

pheasant / from Fasano

farmers / stewards

fava bean

blacksmith

blacksmith

of Boniface

ironworks / from Ferrara

blacksmiths

blacksmith

blacksmith

little irons

iron

iron

ends / boundaries / fine

flower

from Florence

flowers

little flowers

flower

fountain / spring

light

free / Frankish

free / Frankish

smoke the roosters / chicken thief

from Friuli

little roosters

roosters / Gauls

rooster / Gaul

raven / greedy

cats

cat

noble / of the same clan

dark brown / dark-skinned

little James

flowing down

earth-worker / farmer

downy-bearded

downy-bearded

of Gregory

fat / plump

fat / plump

Greek

cricket / whimsical person

war

guide

guides

big John

the rose

of Lazarus / God has helped

lion

lion

lions

bleary-eyed

from Locatello / little owls

Lombard / long-bearded

Lombard / long-bearded

long / tall

long / tall

the red one

of light / of Lucius

wolves

freed slave

left-handed

left-handed

from Mantua

marquis / nobleman

marquises

little Marcus

dedicated to Mars

of Marius

of the sea

of the sea

of the sea

little Martin

dedicated to Mars

dedicated to Mars

of Thomas

Moor / dark-skinned

club / mace

club-wielders / strikers

little maces / clubs

big clubs / maces

honey

from Messina / sickle

honey

from Milan

monks

monk

mountain dwellers

mountains

lingering Moor / delayed

little dark ones

little dark ones

little dark ones

Moor / dark

little Moors / dark ones

mound / hill

walls

God is gracious (diminutive)

from Naples

black / dark

black / dark

little black ones

noble / well-born

famous land

famous land

peace

villager / rustic

palm tree

wood pigeon

wood pigeon

of Paris

of Easter

shepherd

compacts / from Patti

from Padua

pilgrims / foreigners

pilgrim / foreigner

pepper

public square

small ones

pot maker

feather / fin / pen

pear trees

peg / pill

from Pisa

from Pisa

bagpipe / piper

small

gift of many

pig / swineherd

priestess / wife of the priest

little ones

very little ones

fists / strong hands

from Apulia

from Apulia

king

curly

curly

lines / ridges

counsel rule

rice / laughs

bank / shore

curly

curly

rock / fortress

rocks / fortresses

from Romagna

from Rome

pilgrim to Rome

rose

roses

little red ones

red

wheel

famous spears

famous spear

red

born on Saturday

born on Saturday

hall / manor

large tooth / tusk

little tusk / tooth

little saints

of the saints

tailors

tailor

tailor

tailors

Slav / from Dalmatia

mountain ridge / saw

from Sessa

force / compeller

forest / wood

of the forest

of the forest

from Sorrento

sword / swordsman

thorn / fishbone

Germans

German

head / potsherd

tower

towers

from Tuscany

from Treviso

strong / healthy

strong / healthy

strong / healthy

valleys

of the path / little traveler

country house / estate

peasants / villagers

from Vicenza

of life / vital

of life / vital

vines

fox

foxes

little John

God is gracious (diminutive)

boy / bachelor