Italian Last Names

Singer Perry is long gone, but the beautiful northern Italian lake conjures up a clear and tranquil image.

This Italian form of Benedict sidesteps the Benedict Arnold association that still clouds the English version.

A more distinctive alternative to Angelo.

This name of a famous ancient Roman jurist is sometimes heard in the Hispanic community.

Sunny Italian surname name for a little girl. Solari was the name of a character on Xena: Warrior Princess.

Less familiar than Giorgio or Giovanni, Giuliano has a lot of captivating Latin charm.

Italian surname most Americans will associate with actress Edie Falco, of Sopranos fame.

This name of the patron saint of Naples would make an apt choice for a New Year's baby, or one with Neapolitan roots.

Mauro, a Top 100 name in Spain and Puerto Rico, is etymologically unrelated to the girls' name Maura, but that won't stop many English speakers from drawing the comparison.

With male version Leon taking off all over Europe, the female variations, from Leona to Leonie to Leone, are coming back into style too.

Donati is a distinguished Italian surname that can easily work as a first. The last name Donati is a patronymic from an ancestral Donato or may be a plural of Donato.

Marino is an Italian first and surname with distinct crossover possibilities, having pleasant seaside undertones, and is far more unusual in the U.S. than sister Marina.

Romantic Italian choice.

Zacheo is an Italian last name that is occasionally seen as a first name. Also used in Brazil (where it can be pronounced Za-shey-o), it could prove a little-known (to English speakers) alternative to Zachary.