We search for fun Italian surnames. And do you know any?
Search surnames It's a fun adventure, even more so when we come across some very different, curious and funny ones.
It is estimated that there are more than 30 million in Brazil descendants of Italians. Imagine carrying Ingannamorte, Fonfon, Patetta or Pirocca in your name.
Some surnames may sound strange, or like a swear word in Portuguese, but in Italy they have very different meanings.
62 curious and different Italian surnames:
(Surname and predominance)
Innocenti - Tuscany
Pirocca – Veneto
Bundone – Sardinia
Cusin – in Veneto dialect it means cousin.
Boccanegra – Veneto
Bossetto - Piedmont
Passarin – Veneto
Malatesta – Lazio
Barbi – Lombardy
Della Slut – Friuli
Chiuchiu – Umbria
bag - Piedmont
Fonfon – Veneto
Vagina - Piedmont
Tontodimamma – Abruzzo
Ingannamorte – Puglia
Patetta – Liguria
Cortina – Lazio
Pepin - Piedmont
Barter – Emiglia-Romagna
Santoliquid – Basilicata
Bread Eater – Sicily
pizza miglio – Lombardy
Deufemia – Basilicata
boy – Campania
Roll – Liguria
Cassetti – Lombardy
Faith – Sicily
Roella - Piedmont
Malandra – Abruzzo
Fiappo - Piedmont
Mesh – Sicily
Foddis – Sardinia
beetle – Calabria
mole – Sicily
Capetta – Piedmont (Capeta is the brand of an important Italian wine).
Hair – Lombardy
Fool Campania
Pinton – Veneto
Teta Campania
Silly – Lombardy
bug – Lombardy
Save – Sicily
Rodela – Lombardy
Cassettino Campania
Falsetti - Tuscany
Canal – Veneto
Rego – Lombardy
Pike - Apulia
Piccalugga – Lombardy
Cabassa - Emilia Romagna
Trafficker – Basilicata
Cow – Sardinia
Slug – Lombardy
Exodus – Veneto
Club – Sardinia
Like – Lombardy
Pork – Calabria
Die Campania
Caretta – Veneto
Reproductive – Liguria
Fedecostante – Veneto
All the surnames listed above, and others, can be found on the website Cognomix.it.
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