The following family names are found in Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532, a project of Brown University, Rhode Island. The given names and surnames are listed at this web site (names and surnames). I am currently going through the database to construct an alphabetical list of the family names with date and etymological info. I have currently gotten through 1340.
Entries in the database are truncated at 11 characters. Expansions of truncated forms are enclosed in square brackets.
Abbreviations:
| desc. | descriptive |
| dim. | diminutive |
| Ger. | Germanic |
| occ. | occupational |
| pat. | patronymic |
| OG | Old German |
| var. | variant |
Abati: desc. from abate or abbate 'abbot'. 1291.
Abbruciati: 1310, 1329.
Acciaiuoli: occ. for a vendor of raw hemp, linen, or cotton. 1282, 1284-85, 1287-89, 1291-92, 1296, 1298-99, 1302, 1304, 1307, 1309-15, 1317-19, 1321-23, 1325-34, 1336-41.
Accolti: 1304.
Adimari: pat. from Ademaro or Adimaro, from Ger. *Adamar or *Adimar, imported into Italy by the Lombard, and found in Tuscany as early as the 8th C. It was the name of an important Florentine aristocratic family in the 13th C. 1286, 1289, 1292, 1329.
Agli: 1285, 1291.
Aglioni: pat. from Aglione. 1300, 1303, 1309-10, 1313, 1316, 1329, 1332, 1334, 1336, 1339.
Agnolini: 1329.
Agnolotti: pat. from Agnolotto, a dim. of Agnolo. 1291, 1249.
Aguglione: 1298, 1302, 1307, 1311, 1313, 1324, 1329-30, 1333-34, 1337, 1340-41.
Alberti: pat. from Alberto. 1289, 1293, 1295-96, 1298, 1300, 1302-04, 1308, 1311, 1313-15, 1317-18, 1321, 1323, 1326-28, 1330-39, 1341.
Albertini: pat. from Albertino, a dim. of Alberto. 1302.
Albizoni: 1313.
Albizzi: pat. from Albizzo. The name of a prominent family in Florence. 1283-86, 1288, 1291, 1293, 1296-97, 1299, 1301, 1304-05, 1307-12, 1314-16, 1318-21, 1323-24, 1326, 1328-41.
Aldighieri: pat. from Aldighiero. 1302.
Aldobrandi: 1314-15.
Aldobrandin[i]: pat. from Aldobrandino, a pet form of Aldobrando. 1284-86, 1291, 1293, 1295, 1301, 1304, 1306-07, 1309, 1312-13, 1315, 1318-22, 1327, 1330-35, 1337-38, 1340.
Alfani: pat. from Alfano, a given name of unknown origin and etymology. 1291, 1301, 1311, 1313, 1329.
Alighieri: 1300.
Aliotti: perhaps a variant of Aliotto, desc. 'inhabitant, native of Ali', a surname peculiar to north-eastern Sicily. 1297, 1299, 1302, 1304, 1308, 1313, 1317.
Almizzini: 1298, 1307.
da Altomena: not in de Felice or Minervini. 1284, 1286, 1289, 1291, 1293, 1295-96, 1314, 1316.
Altoviti: not in de Felice or Minervini. The element Alto- means 'high'. 1282, 1284-88, 1290, 1292-96, 1298-1301, 1304-07, 1309-10, 1312, 1314-17, 1319-21, 1323-26, 1328-37, 1339-41.
Amadori: pat. from Amadore. 1312, 1314, 1317, 1320, 1322, 1328, 1330, 1333-34, 1336, 1341.
Amati: 1309.
Ambruogi: pat. from Ambruogio, the Italian form of Ambrose. 1314.
Amizzini: 1316.
Ammannati: 1334.
Ammirati: 1305, 1311, 1329, 1334, 1340.
Anchioni: 1310, 1312.
Angelotti: pat. from Angelotto, a dim. of Angelo. 1314, 1316, 1323, 1325, 1328-31, 1334, 1340.
Angiolieri: not in de Felice or Minervini. Probably a derivative of Angioli, a variant of Angeli, a pat. from Angelo. 1294-95, 1301.
Anselmi: pat. from Anselmo, the name of a saint. 1283, 1285, 1289, 1292, 1295, 1297-98, 1305-06, 1309, 1311, 1313, 1315-16, 1324, 1326, 1329, 1335, 1337-38.
dell'Antella: loc. from Antella, about 12km southeast of Florence. 1283, 1285, 1293, 1300, 1303, 1307, 1309-10, 1312, 1314-16, 1326, 1329, 1331-32, 1334-41.
Ardimanni: not in de Felice or Minervini. 1290.
Ardinghelli: pat. from Ardinghello, a dim. of Ardingo. The byname is rare in Tuscany according to de Felice. 1283, 1290, 1299, 1301, 1303, 1305, 1307, 1309, 1314-16, 1322, 1327, 1329-41.
Ardinghi: pat. from Ardingo, from Ger. Harding. 1303-04, 1307, 1318, 1320-21, 1324.
dell'Arena: 1305, 1331-32, 1337, 1339, 1341.
Arlotti: not in de Felice or Minervini, unless a var. of Arlati, a top. from Arlate, common in Milan. 1293, 1297, 1306, 1314, 1316, 1325, 1331.
Armati: 1322, 1324, 1329-30, 1332, 1334, 1336-37, 1341.
Arnolfi: 1319, 1322, 1330-31, 1333, 1335-37, 1340-41.
Arrighi: pat. from Arrigho, a Tuscan form of Henry. 1284, 1288, 1290, 1293, 1296, 1300, 1314.
Attaviani: not in de Felice or Minervini. 1286-87, 1295-96, 1299, 1303, 1305, 1308, 1310, 1319, 1326.
Attiglianti: not in de Felice or Minervini. 1289.
Bacherelli: not in de Felice or Minervini. 1282, 1291, 1300.
della Badess[a]: mat. from La Badessa or Labadessa 'the abbess'. 1287, 1290, 1294, 1295, 1297, 1299, 1306, 1313, 1318, 1322, 1327, 1331, 1337, 1340.
del Baldese: 1309, 1312.
Baldesi: pat. from Baldese. 1327, 1330, 1333-34, 1339.
Baldi: 1337.
Baldovinett[i]: pat. from Baldovinetto, a dim. of Baldovino. 1288-89, 1292, 1298, 1301, 1303-04, 1324, 1327, 1330, 1333, 1335-41.
Baldovini: pat. from Baldovino, from OG Baldwin. 1282, 1287, 1289-90, 1293, 1295, 1297, 1299, 1301-02, 1309, 1314, 1318.
Balducci: 1331.
Banchi: pat. from Banco. 1305, 1311, 1313, 1316, 1324, 1329.
Bandi: 1320-21, 1324.
Bandini: 1304, 1308, 1318, 1320, 1323, 1325.
della Barba: 1301.
Barbadori: 1296, 1310.
Bardi: pat. from Bardo, a hypocoristic of any name ending in -bardo. This form is common in Tuscany and Umbria. 1282, 1284-88, 1290-91, 1297, 1307, 1339-40.
Baroncelli: 1299, 1308, 1313, 1315, 1319, 1323-24, 1328-29, 1331-41.
Baronci: 1329, 1331-32, 1341.
Baroni: pat. from Barone or desc. 'baron'. 1309, 1335.
Bartoli: pat. from Bartolo, a pet form of Bartolomeo. 1291, 1313, 1316.
Bastari: 1303, 1307, 1312-13, 1315, 1317, 1320, 1322-23, 1328, 1330-35.
Battezzoni: 1313.
Beccanugi: not in de Felice or Minervini. 1284-86, 1288, 1290-91, 1294-98, 1299, 1301, 1303-04, 1306-07, 1309, 1311, 1313, 1315, 1325, 1327, 1329-31, 1333-37, 1339-41.
Beccaparola: 1340.
Becchi: pat. from Beco, a Tuscan hypocoristic of Domenico. 1282, 1285, 1290, 1298, 1340.
del Beccuto: not in de Felice or Minervini. 1284, 1291, 1310, 1312, 1319, 1321, 1324.
Belcari: pat. from Belcaro. 1296, 1302, 1306.
Belfradelli: 1322, 1333, 1336.
della Bella: 1289, 1293.
Bellandi: 1296, 1299, 1304, 1313.
Bellincioni: 1296, 1298, 1305, 1308, 1311.
del Bello: 1292, 1296, 1303, 1305, 1307, 1311, 1313, 1317, 1320, 1325, 1332, 1334, 1337-41.
Benci: pat. from Benci, a dim. of Bencivenni. 1296, 1300, 1312, 1316, 1325, 1329, 1332-35, 1338.
Bencivenni: pat. from Bencivenni. 1293, 1297, 1308, 1314, 1321-22, 1326, 1331-32, 1337-38, 1340.
del Bene: not in de Felice. 1283, 1302, 1308, 1317, 1320, 1322, 1328, 1330, 1332-35, 1337-40.
Benincasa: 1298.
del Benino: 1331, 1333, 1336, 1341.
Benintendi: desc. 'good intentions'. 1294, 1298, 1303, 1306, 1308, 1327.
Benivieni: not in de Felice. 1282, 1291, 1295, 1297, 1301.
Bentaccordi: not in de Felice. 1296, 1304, 1308, 1326, 1329-31, 1335-37, 1340-41.
Bentacordi: not in de Felice. 1298, 1318.
Benvenuti: 1297, 1299, 1303, 1306, 1308, 1310-12, 1314, 1316-19, 1323, 1329, 1331, 1335-36, 1339-40.
Berlinghier[i]: pat. from Berlinghiero, an Italian form of Berengar. 1290.
Bernardi: pat. from Bernardo, from Ger Bernhard. 1288, 1304.
Bernardini: pat. from Bernardino, a dim. of Bernardo. 1313.
Bernotti: 1327, 1341.
Berti: pat. from Berto, a pet form of any name ending in -berto. 1284, 1287.
Bertoldi: pat. from Bertoldo, from Ger Berthold. 1308.
Betti: pat. from Betto. 1313.
del Bezzola: 1340.
Bezzuoli: 1303, 1306, 1308, 1310-11, 1313-14, 1316, 1328.
del Bianco: 1294.
Bicci: 1341.
Bilenchi: not in de Felice. 1287, 1300.
Biliotti: not in de Felice. 1297-99, 1301, 1303-06, 1308, 1310, 1312-13, 1316, 1318, 1326, 1330-31, 1333-34, 1336-41.
Billicozzi: not in de Felice. 1293.
Bindi: pat. from Bindo. 1327.
dela Bioia: 1336-37.
della Bioia: 1330-31, 1333, 1338-40.
Bisarnesi: 1322, 1326, 1329, 1331.
Bischeri: 1309, 1311, 1313-14, 1316, 1325.
Boccacci: 1317.
del Boccacci[?]: 1285.
Bonaccolti: 1298, 1317-18, 1320, 1322-24.
Bonafedi: 1292, 1296, 1300, 1304, 1314-15, 1317, 1320-21, 1326, 1328, 1330, 1332, 1334.
Bonagi: 1320.
Bonaiuti: pat. from Bonaiuto or desc. 'good help'. Common in Tuscany, Emilia, and Lombardy. 1294, 1296, 1298, 1303, 1311, 1314-16, 1320, 1325-26, 1328, 1332, 1336, 1340.
Bonamici: 1303, 1307, 1311, 1314, 1317, 1321-22, 1330, 1332-33.
Bonati: 1302.
Bonciani: 1287, 1292, 1294, 1306, 1309, 1312, 1318, 1320-21, 1328-30, 1332-34, 1337, 1339, 1341.
Boncompagni: pat. from Boncompagno. 1297, 1305.
Bondoni: 1303, 1305, 1307, 1327, 1329, 1334.
Bonella: 1305.
Bonfigliuol[i]: pat. or desc. from Bonfigliuolo 'good son'. 1283-84, 1323, 1325, 1329-30, 1332-33, 1336-37, 1339-41.
Bonini: 1335.
Bonricoveri: 1288, 1302, 1305, 1309, 1311, 1314, 1316, 1318, 1322.
Bonsi: 1317, 1321, 1324, 1330-31, 1333, 1336, 1338, 1340.
Bonsignori: 1339.
Bonsostegni: 1320-21, 1329, 1331, 1334, 1336, 1340.
Bordoni: not in de Felice. 1283, 1289, 1296, 1298, 1302-04, 1307-09, 1311, 1313, 1318-19, 1321-22, 1323, 1328-31, 1333-41.
Borghi: pat. from Borgo. Common in the north and Tuscany. 1283, 1297, 1302, 1305, 1307, 1319, 1323, 1325.
Borghini: 1329, 1331, 1333.
dal Borgo: loc. from Borgo, the name of a number of cities in Italy. This byname is specific to the Veneto. 1283, 1285, 1291, 1293, 1301.
Borgoli: not in de Felice. 1288, 1318, 1332.
Boschi: 1334, 1341.
della Botte: not in de Felice. 1287.
delle Botte: not in de Felice. 1291, 1294.
Boverelli: 1330, 1334, 1338, 1341.
Brancacci: 1317, 1324, 1329-30, 1332, 1334, 1338, 1340-41.
Brandani: 1301.
Bruni: 1318.
Bucelli: not in de Felice. 1285, 1288, 1291, 1294, 1297, 1299, 1302-03, 1305-06, 1308, 1310, 1312, 1314-15, 1320, 1324, 1331, 1333-34, 1336-39, 1341.
Bucci: 1320, 1323.
del Buera: 1302.
Bueri: not in de Felice. 1286, 1291, 1294, 1300.
del Bugliaff[?]: 1330, 1332, 1335-36, 1338-40.
Buiamonti: not in de Felice, 1293.
del Buletta: 1313.
Buonaccorsi: pat. from Buonaccorso. 1283-86, 1291, 1294, 1298, 1305, 1309, 1311, 1314, 1319, 1327, 1329-30, 1332-34, 1336-39, 1341.
Buonacosa: 1300.
Buonavolti: 1299.
Buonfantini: 1311, 1326, 1340.
Buongradi: 1319, 1321.
del Buono: 1292, 1295, 1314, 1325.
Burnetti: not in de Felice. 1288, 1297.
Buti: 1324.
Cacciafuori: not in de Felice. 1286, 1290, 1296, 1305, 1316, 1325, 1341.
Caccialupi: 1327.
Cafferelli: 1324.
Cambi: pat. from Cambio, a pet form of Boncambio 'good change', a name given to a son who was born after the death of a previous son (cf. Ristori). This is a specifically Tuscan form. 1287, 1290, 1293-95, 1297, 1300-02, 1306, 1311, 1313-16, 1319, 1321, 1324, 1326-27, 1329-32, 1334-39, 1341.
Candegli: 1308.
del Cane: 1341.
Canigiani: not in de Felice. The -giani may be from one of the pet forms of Giovanni. 1282, 1284, 1286, 1288-90, 1292, 1295, 1297, 1300, 1303-04, 1321, 1324, 1329-30, 1334, 1336, 1341.
del Canto: 1299.
Cantori: not in de Felice. 1285, 1295, 1304.
Capitani: 1305, 1308, 1310, 1314, 1327, 1339.
Cappelli: 1327, 1330-35, 1337-40.
Capponi: 1287, 1304, 1314, 1330, 1332, 1334, 1336, 1338-39, 1341.
Carboni: 1321.
Cardinali: pat. from Cardinale or desc. 'cardinal' (used ironically). 1294, 1298, 1303, 1306, 1309.
Carucci: 1320, 1324, 1333.
Casciani: 1333.
Casciotti: not in de Felice. 1284.
Casini: pat. from Casino. 1311, 1314, 1318, 1320-21, 1323-24, 1328, 1331, 1336, 1340.
Castellani: 1317, 1320, 1322, 1324, 1326-28, 1332-33, 1335, 1339, 1341.
da Castiglio: 1320, 1322, 1324, 1329, 1330, 1341.
Cattani: 1322.
Cecchi: 1333.
Cecini: 1330, 1332-33, 1335-36, 1338-39, 1341.
Cennamella: 1319.
Cerchi: not in de Felice. 1286, 1288, 1292.
Cerretani: 1329, 1331, 1334, 1336-38, 1340-41.
da Cerreto: 1341.
da Certaldo: loc. from Certaldo, a town in Tuscany about 50km south-west from Florence. Boccaccio was born in Certaldo. 1289, 1297, 1299, 1302, 1306, 1317, 1319, 1323, 1331-32, 1337-38.
del Cherico: 1290.
Chermontier[?]: 1301.
Chiari: pat. from Chiaro. 1291, 1308, 1336, 1338.
Chiarissimi: pat. from Chiarissimo, a dim. of Chiaro. 1316, 1320, 1325, 1331, 1337.
del Chiaro: 1313, 1319, 1333.
Chiavicella: 1339-40.
Ciai: 1318, 1338.
del Cianga: 1325.
Ciani: 1320.
del Cinello: 1331.
Cinghietti: not in de Felice. 1285, 1291, 1294.
Cini: pat. from Cino. 1329.
Cionacci: 1301.
Cipriani: 1334.
Ciucci: 1307, 1332.
Cocchi: 1335-36, 1338.
Compagni: in the south this is more commonly a desc. from compagno 'companion', but in the center and north it is more likely a pat. from Compagno, a hypocoristic of Boncompagno 1289, 1293, 1301, 1311, 1314-16, 1319-20, 1326, 1328-29, 1331-32, 1334.
Consigli: pat. from Consiglio. Consigli is a specifically Tuscan form of the name. 1282, 1284-85, 1289, 1292-94, 1308, 1318, 1320, 1323.
Contuccini: 1334, 1340.
del Coppia: 1294.
Corbinelli: 1286, 1293, 1304, 1327, 1329, 1331, 1335, 1337.
Cornacchini: 1314-15.
Corsi: pat. from Corso. 1304, 1307, 1313.
Corsini: pat. from Corsino, a dim. of Corso. 1290, 1293, 1295, 1302, 1304, 1307, 1311, 1314-15, 1326, 1329, 1331-32, 1335-37, 1339-41.
Cosi: 1285, 1288.
Covoni: pat. from Covone 1303, 1309, 1313, 1317, 1327, 1330-34, 1337-41.
del Cresta: top. 'of the crest'. 1293.
Cristiani: 1335.
Daghiacceto: not in de Felice. 1295, 1298, 1305, 1341.
Damagnale: not in de Felice. 1302, 1306.
Damicciole: not in de Felice. 1287, 1300.
Dandi: not in de Felice. 1308, 1315.
Dati: not in de Felice. 1290.
Davanzati: a specifically Tuscan form of d'Avanzo, pat. from Avanzo, a name given to a desired and wanted child; 1284-85, 1305, 1318, 1321, 1324, 1328-29, 1331-32, 1334-36, 1338-40.
Davanzi: pat. from Avanzo. 1299-1302, 1306, 1309-11, 1316, 1319-20, 1322, 1326, 1329-38, 1340-41.
Davizzi: This may be a form of Davitti, a pat. from Davide, or it may be a locative, da Vizzi. 1294, 1300.
Delli: not in de Felice. 1305, 1340.
Deti: 1331, 1333, 1335, 1338-39.
Devezzi: not in de Felice. 1308.
Diedati: 1287, 1290, 1292, 1295.
Dietaiuti: 1330, 1332, 1334.
Dietisalvi: 1292, 1295, 1304, 1313, 1327, 1329, 1331, 1333-38, 1340-41.
Dini: 1315, 1323, 1326, 1336.
Diodati: pat. from Lat. Adeodatus 'gift of God'. This spelling is common in Tuscany, particularly in Lucca. 1283, 1285-86, 1289, 1294.
Dirittafede: 1298, 1302, 1305, 1308, 1310, 1312, 1317, 1327, 1332, 1336, 1341.
Domenichi: pat. from Domenico, the Italian form of Dominic. 1304, 1311, 1315.
Doni: 1300.
Donnini: 1314, 1331, 1339-40.
Drudoli: 1288.
Ducci: pat. from Duccio. 1313, 1318, 1332.
Faffi: not in de Felice. 1284, 1286, 1290, 1294, 1297.
Fagiolari: 1319.
Fagioli: desc. from fagiolo 'bean'; perhaps for a bean farmer. 1313, 1317, 1320, 1323, 1326.
Fagni: 1296, 1327, 1330, 1335.
Falchi: pat. from Falco. 1318.
Falconetti: pat. from Falconetto, a dim. of Falcone. 1294, 1300.
Falconi: pat. from Falcone. 1317-18, 1321-23, 1326, 1328, 1330-34, 1337, 1340-41.
Falconieri: occ. 'falconer'. This form was particularly common in the south of Italy. 1282, 1284, 1286-87, 1290, 1293, 1300-01.
Fantoni: pat. from Fantone. 1293, 1297, 1300, 1333, 1337-38, 1340.
Federighi: pat. from Federigo. 1325.
Ferraccini: not in de Felice. 1283, 1285, 1293, 1296, 1299.
Ferrantini: 1326, 1333, 1341.
Ferrucci: 1299, 1302, 1305, 1317, 1320-21, 1323, 1333, 1339-41.
Fiamma: 1319.
da Filicaia: loc. from Filicaja, a frazione of Montaione, a comune in Tuscany about 35km southwest of Florence. 1288, 1290, 1296, 1308, 1312, 1317, 1320-21, 1325, 1327, 1329, 1333-35, 1337-40.
Filigherni: 1297, 1299.
Filippi: pat. from Filippo, the Italian form of Philip. 1300, 1338.
Fini: pat. from Fino. 1318.
Finucci: 1311, 1314, 1317-18, 1321, 1324.
Fiorentini: desc. 'Florentine [man]'. 1310, 1313, 1341.
Folchi: 1313, 1315.
Foresi: pat. from Forese. 1298, 1305, 1310, 1318, 1322-23, 1329, 1331-36, 1338-39.
Formichi: 1321, 1325.
Frescobaldi: 1285.
Galgani: not in de Felice. 1282-83, 1285, 1287-88, 1290, 1293, 1301.
Gangalandi: not in de Felice. 1306, 1332, 1336, 1341.
della Gattai: top. from Gattaia, in the comune of Vicchio about 25km northeast of Florence. 1284, 1288-89, 1295.
Gavacciani: not in de Felice. 1328, 1330, 1334, 1337.
Gennai: not in de Felice. 1329-30, 1332, 1335, 1337-39, 1341.
Geppi: not in de Felice. 1319.
Ghellini: pat. from Ghellino, a dim. of Ghelle or Ghele, a hypocoristic of Mighele. 1323.
Gherardi: pat. from Gherardo. 1283, 1301, 1308, 1314, 1317, 1321, 1331, 1335, 1340-41.
Gherardini: pat. from Gherardino, a pet form of Gherardo. 1283, 1288, 1296, 1300, 1303, 1313, 1319, 1321, 1323-24, 1329-31, 1333-35, 1337, 1339, 1341.
Ghetti: pat. from Ghetti, a pet form of Arghetto, Gherardetto, Ughetto, etc. Found in Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, but not very common. 1317, 1327, 1330.
da Ghiacceto: not in de Felice. 1332, 1334, 1337-39.
Ghiberti: pat. from Ghiberto. 1319, 1322, 1325, 1338.
Ghini: not in de Felice. 1316.
Ghiselli: not in de Felice. 1286, 1316.
Giamboni: pat. from Giambono, a composite of Gianni (an Italian form of John) with either the personal name Bono or the descriptive bono 'good'. 1305, 1317, 1321.
Giambullari: not in de Felice. Many other names beginning Giam- derive from the given name Gianni (a form of Giovanni). 1283, 1294.
Gianni: pat. from Gianni or Gianno, pet forms of Giovanni. 1289, 1292-94, 1312-17, 1327-28, 1330-31, 1333, 1335-36, 1340-41.
Gigli: desc. from gigli 'lily', the symbol of purity and innocence. 1332.
Giochi: not in de Felice. 1323-24.
Giordani: pat. from Giordano, the Italian cognate of Jordan. 1311.
Giotti: pat. from Giotto. 1322.
Giovanni: pat. from Giovanni, the Italian form of John. 1331-32, 1340.
Girolami: pat. from Girolamo, an Italian form of Hieronymos (that is, Jerome). 1282, 1284-98, 1300-01, 1311-12, 1319.
Giugni: not in de Felice. 1291, 1293-94, 1303, 1306-08, 1311, 1314, 1316, 1329, 1331-34, 1336-41.
Gonzi: pat. from Gonzo. 1309, 1311, 1316, 1338.
Grandoni: a der. of Grandi 'large, grand'. 1336, 1338.
Guadagni: pat. from Guadagno, a central and north-east form of a name given to a much-desired child who will be a good 'gain' for his parents. 1289, 1293, 1295-96, 1299, 1302, 1305, 1317, 1319, 1321, 1324, 1329, 1331, 1335, 1339.
Gualducci: pat. from Gualduccio. 1286, 1289, 1293, 1297, 1317.
Gualinghi: not in de Felice. 1335, 1340.
Guardi: not in de Felice. 1311.
Guarnieri: pat. from Guarniero, from OG Warinhari, a cognate of English Warner. 1301.
Guasconi: not in de Felice. 1310-11, 1314-15, 1317, 1326, 1328, 1330-32, 1334-38, 1340-41.
Guazza: not in de Felice. 1298, 1302-03, 1319, 1323, 1330-31, 1333, 1335-41.
Guglielmi: pat. from Guglielmo, the Italian form of William. 1287, 1298, 1313-14, 1317, 1332-33, 1336, 1340.
Guicciardin[i]: not in de Felice. 1302, 1305, 1308, 1330, 1333-35, 1339, 1341.
Guidalotti: pat. from Guidalotto, a dim. of Guido. 1286, 1296, 1298, 1301, 1317
Guidi: pat. from Guido. 1323, 1331, 1334, 1337, 1341.
Guidotti: pat. from Guidotto, a dim. of Guido. 1292, 1312.
Guittomanni: not in de Felice. 1320, 1324, 1332, 1339.
Gusci: not in de Felice. 1307.
Iacopi: pat. from Iacopo, the Italian form of Jacob (James). 1312, 1314, 1319, 1324.
Lagi: not in de Felice. 1314.
Lamberti: pat. from Lamberto. 1313, 1322, 1331.
Lanfredini: not in de Felice. 1329, 1333-34, 1336, 1338-39, 1341.
Lapi: pat. from Lapo, a pet form of Iacopo. 1317.
Latini: desc. from Latium 'Latin', either used, often in the boundary areas, as an ethnic byname, indicating someone who isn't German, Slavic, Byzantine, etc., or as a figurative byname meaning 'ready, clear', from the adjective latino. Widespread in Tuscany. 1287, 1330.
Lenzi: 1340.
Lippi: pat. from Lippo, a nickname of Filippo. 1313.
del Lombardo: 1295.
Lorini: 1331-32, 1334-35, 1338-39, 1341.
Lotteringhi: 1330-31, 1335-37, 1340-41.
Lupicini: 1295.
del Macca: 1314.
Macci: 1287, 1301.
Machiavelli: desc. meaning literally 'bad nail', but used as a nickname figuratively to refer to "masculine attributes and skills" (as de Felice so politely puts it). Common in Liguria, Emilia, and Tuscany. 1283, 1288-89, 1292, 1296, 1299, 1304, 1307, 1309, 1311, 1314-15, 1324, 1326, 1332, 1337, 1340.
del Maestro: 1286, 1290, 1292, 1312, 1317, 1335, 1337, 1339.
Maffei: pat. from Maffeo, one of the Italian forms of Matthew. 1314, 1316, 1329-30, 1335-37, 1339.
Magaldi: 1306, 1312, 1316, 1326.
Magalotti: not in de Felice. 1283, 1287, 1289-90, 1292-93, 1297, 1299, 1301, 1304, 1307, 1311-12, 1314, 1324-25, 1328, 1330, 1332, 1334-36.
Maghinardi: 1302.
Magli: 1302, 1306, 1310, 1313, 1315, 1326-27, 1329-30, 1332-34, 1336-37, 1339, 1341.
da Magnale: 1320, 1323.
Magnoli: not in de Felice. 1297.
Malegonnell[i?]: 1304, 1315, 1317, 1321.
Mancini: 1291, 1293, 1296, 1299, 1302-03, 1305, 1307, 1310-11, 1313, 1315-16, 1329-31, 1333, 1335.
Manetti: 1306, 1335, 1337.
Mangioni: 1339, 1341.
Manieri: not in de Felice. 1286, 1289, 1324.
Manni: pat. from Manno. 1297, 1299, 1305, 1318.
Manovelli: not in de Felice. 1283, 1286, 1288, 1290, 1294, 1297, 1299, 1301-02, 1306, 1308, 1312, 1318.
Marchi: 1333-34, 1336, 1338-39, 1341.
Marcovaldi: not in de Felice. 1285, 1287, 1290, 1294, 1297, 1300.
Marignolli: not in de Felice. 1287, 1289, 1295, 1298, 1300-01, 1314, 1318, 1320, 1323-26, 1329-30, 1332, 1334-35, 1337-38.
Marini: pat. from Marino. 1307, 1313, 1325, 1327, 1337.
Mariti: 1299.
Marsili: pat. from Marsilio. 1307, 1313.
Martelli: 1302.
Martini: pat. from Martino. 1306, 1313, 1315-16.
Mattei: pat. from Matteo, the other Italian cognate of Matthew.
Mazzinghi: 1331, 1337.
Medici: desc. from Latin medicus 'doctor'. Common in Liguria and Emilia-Romagna. The Medicis were a powerful family in Florence. 1291, 1296, 1299, 1302-04, 1306-09, 1312, 1314-17, 1319-22, 1325, 1328-41.
Megli: 1331.
Mei: pat. from Meo, a pet form of Bartolomeo. 1330.
Micheli: pat. from Michele, the Italian form of Michael. 1309, 1316, 1324, 1330.
Michi: 1333.
Migliorati: 1284, 1289, 1295, 1297, 1303, 1309, 1313, 1316, 1328-30, 1336, 1341.
del Migliore: 1295, 1298, 1301, 1334-35, 1340.
Migliorelli: 1330.
Minerbetti: not in de Felice. 1283, 1286, 1289, 1296, 1303, 1305, 1307, 1310, 1327, 1338.
Minutoli: 1296, 1300, 1310.
Moltobuoni: desc. 'much good'. 1283.
Monachi: 1330, 1336.
Monti: 1323, 1327.
Moranducci: 1310, 1314, 1335, 1341.
Morelli: 1330-33, 1336-37.
Mori: pat. from More. 1310, 1329.
della Morott[?]: 1319, 1321, 1324, 1329, 1330-31, 1333-35, 1337-39, 1341.
Moscardi: 1330, 1335, 1338.
da Mosciano: loc. from Mosciano Sant'Angelo, a town in Abruzzo. 1302, 1304, 1309, 1311, 1313, 1317-18, 1320, 1322-23, 1328, 1330-34, 1336-41.
Mostanza: 1301.
Mozzi: 1327, 1330-31, 1334, 1336-37, 1339, 1341.
Nacci: 1323.
Neldi: 1310, 1313.
Nerini: pat. from Nerino, a dim. of Neri. 1311, 1318.
del Nero: 1327, 1329, 1331-36, 1339-41.
Neroni: 1332.
Niccoli: 1334.
Niccolini: 1341.
Nucci: 1313, 1316.
Oderigi: not in de Felice. 1283.
Orciolini: not in de Felice. 1298.
Orlandi: pat. from Orlando. 1286-87, 1290, 1299, 1301, 1303, 1307, 1324.
Orlandini: pat. from Orlandino, a dim. of Orlando. 1283, 1287, 1289-90, 1292-93, 1295, 1300, 1303-04, 1312, 1332-33, 1336-41.
Ostigiani: not in de Felice. 1292, 1299, 1304.
Ottinelli: 1321-22.
Ottobuoni: not in de Felice. 1294.
del Pace: 1305.
Pacini: 1309, 1330.
Paganelli: pat. from Paganello, a dim. of Pagano. 1310, 1314, 1327, 1329-30, 1332-34, 1336, 1339-40.
Paganetti: pat. from Paganetto, a dim. of Pagano. 1289, 1292, 1295.
del Palagio: top. 'from the palace'. 1328, 1332, 1336, 1340.
Pandolfini: 1305.
da Panzano: loc. from any of four frazioni called Panzano in the comunes Campogalliano, about 144km north of Florence in the province of Modena; Castelfranco Emilia, about 130km north of Florence in the province of Modena; Greve in Chianti, about 30km south of Florence in Tuscany; or Monfalcone, about 376km northeast in the province of Gorizia. The Tuscon frazione is the most likely. 1312, 1329, 1331-32, 1338.
del Papa: 1325, 1336, 1339-41.
Papini: 1286.
Paradisi: pat. from Paradiso, a common name in the north and center of Italy. 1283-84, 1286, 1288, 1293, 1300, 1318, 1325, 1329-34, 1336-37, 1340.
Passavanti: 1294, 1297, 1302, 1305, 1307, 1310, 1312-13, 1329, 1331-32, 1334, 1336-41.
Pazzi: not in de Felice. 1288, 1291.
Pecori: 1285, 1289, 1294, 1298, 1336-37.
Pegolotti: 1307, 1332, 1337, 1340.
Pepi: pat. from Pepe. 1301, 1306, 1310, 1316, 1337.
Periccioli: 1306.
Peruzzi: pat. from Peruzzo, a dim. of Pero or Piero. 1284, 1286, 1288, 1293-94, 1297, 1299, 1304, 1306-07, 1309, 1313-14, 1317-18, 1320, 1322-23, 1327, 1328, 1330-41.
Pesci: 1303, 1309, 1312, 1316, 1324.
Petri: pat. from Petrus, the Lat. form of Peter. 1321.
Pilli: not in de Felice, 1288.
dal Pino: 1308.
Pinucci: 1308.
Pinzocheri: 1294.
Pitti: not in de Felice. 1283, 1303, 1306.
Pizzini: 1323, 1329, 1333, 1339.
Ponci: perhaps a variant of Ponzi, pat. from Ponzio, an Italian form of the Latin nomen Pontius. 1283, 1287.
Portinari: not in de Felice. 1282, 1285, 1287.
Pratesi: top. from prato 'lawn, meadow'; this is a particularly Tuscan form. 1293.
Pretasini: not in de Felice. 1297, 1299.
Prosperi: pat. from Prospero, a given name deriving from the Latin cognomen Prosperus. 1291, 1325.
Pucci: 1330-32, 1334, 1336, 1338, 1341.
Pulci: not in de Felice. 1282, 1286-87, 1290.
da Quarata: loc. from Quarrata, about 35km northwest of Florence. 1317, 1319, 1322-23, 1325, 1329, 1331, 1333, 1335-38, 1341.
da Rabatta: loc. from Rabatta, about 33km northwest of Florence. 1321, 1324, 1329-31, 1333-35, 1337-39.
Raffacani: not in de Felice. 1285, 1287, 1291, 1301-02, 1304, 1307, 1310, 1317, 1319, 1322, 1332, 1338, 1341.
Raughi: 1304, 1323.
Ravignani: 1325.
Ricci: 1298, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1308-09, 1311-12, 1314-16, 1318, 1320-21, 1323-24, 1326, 1328-41.
Riccialbani: 1294, 1299.
Ricevuti: 1296.
Ridolfi: pat. from Ridolfo. 1287, 1291, 1296, 1301, 1307-08, 1322, 1328-29, 1336, 1339-40, 1341.
Rimbaldesi: 1312, 1316.
Rimbaldi: not in de Felice. 1297.
Rimbertini: pat. from Rimbertino, a dim. of Rimberto. 1291, 1303, 1310, 1329.
Rinaldelli: pat. from Rinaldello, a dim. of Rinaldo. 1290, 1304-05, 1322, 1329, 1332, 1335, 1337, 1341.
Rinaldi: pat. from Rinaldo, from OG Raginald. 1282, 1284-85, 1287-88, 1290-92, 1294-99, 1305, 1307, 1310, 1312-14, 1316, 1323, 1329-30, 1332-36, 1338-41.
Rinieri: not in de Felice. 1283, 1300-01, 1304.
Rinnovati: 1303, 1307, 1311, 1314.
Rinucci: pat. from Rinuccio, a pet form of Rinaldo. 1283, 1287, 1295, 1297-98, 1300-01, 1307, 1309, 1311, 1314-15, 1321, 1325, 1327, 1329-35, 1337-38.
Risaliti: 1303-04, 1309, 1313, 1326, 1329, 1337-38.
Ristori: desc. 'restored', used of a child who was born to replace a child that had died, or pat. from Ristoro, a given name with the same root. The spelling Ristori is particularly common in Florence. 1282, 1284-86, 1288-90, 1292-93, 1295-98, 1300-02, 1306, 1315, 1319, 1323.
Rocchi: pat. from Rocco; de Felice notes that the byname was in use in Italy from the 9th C, though it was not common until the 15th C with the cult of Saint Rocco. 1283, 1285, 1287, 1290, 1296-98, 1304, 1306, 1309, 1311, 1314, 1316, 1341.
Rondinelli: 1296, 1299, 1303, 1306, 1308-09, 1311-12, 1315-16, 1325, 1327, 1329-30, 1332-34, 1336, 1338-41.
Rosoni: 1301, 1304, 1308, 1313, 1321.
del Rosso: 1288, 1292, 1294.
Rossi: 1303, 1310, 1325-26.
Rubertini: pat. from Rubertino, a dim. of Ruberto, the Italian cognate of Robert. 1308.
Rucellai: not in de Felice. 1302, 1307-08, 1310, 1312, 1314, 1316-17, 1323, 1326, 1328-30, 1331-37, 1339, 1341.
Ruffoli: not in de Felice. 1291, 1293, 1296, 1300, 1335, 1337.
Ruggieri: 1285.
Rustichelli: a dim. of Rustichi. 1287, 1297, 1302, 1306, 1309, 1312, 1317, 1320, 1341.
Rustichi: desc. 'rustic'. 1283, 1312, 1327.
Rustichini: a dim. of Rustichi. 1301.
Sacchetti: 1333, 1335-36, 1338, 1340.
del Saggina: 1299, 1337, 1339, 1341.
Salimbeni: 1329, 1332, 1336, 1341.
Salterelli: not in de Felice. 1292, 1296, 1300.
Salvaterra: top. from Salvaterra. Common in the north, center, and east of Italy. 1294.
Salviati: 1302, 1304, 1306, 1309, 1314-16, 1322, 1327, 1329, 1331, 1335-36, 1338, 1340.
Salvini: 1293.
del Sanna: 1336, 1339.
della Sanell[?]: 1321.
Sangallini: 1312.
Sapiti: not in de Felice. 1292, 1295-96, 1298.
Sassini: 1306.
Sassoli: 1334.
Sassolini: pat. from Sassolino, a dim. of Sassolo. 1303, 1306, 1310-11, 1313, 1314, 1316, 1327, 1330, 1336, 1339.
Scarlatti: 1338.
dello Scelto: 1330, 1333, 1335-36, 1338-39.
Scilinguati: 1302, 1305, 1308, 1310, 1313, 1315, 1325-26, 1329-30, 1332, 1335, 1338.
Scolari: 1319, 1323.
Serragli: 1320, 1340-41.
Setti: 1324.
da Signa: loc. from Signa, a comune in Tuscany, about 12km west of Florence. 1284, 1288-89, 1296, 1305, 1307, 1309, 1312, 1316.
Signorelli: 1332.
Sigoli: 1301.
Silimanni: not in de Felice. 1294.
Siminetti: pat. from Siminetto, a var. of Simonetto, a dim. of Simone. 1291, 1304-05, 1310, 1314, 1317, 1319, 1322, 1324, 1328-31, 1333, 1335-36, 1339-41.
Soderini: not in de Felice. 1283-84, 1286, 1307, 1310, 1314, 1318, 1322, 1326, 1333, 1335, 1338, 1340-41.
Soldi: 1329-31, 1333, 1336, 1338-39.
Sostegni: 1332-34, 1337, 1339.
Sozzi: 1322.
Spigliati: 1301, 1305-06, 1313, 1314, 1324, 1329, 1334.
Spina: 1333, 1339-40.
Spinelli: 1328.
Spini: 1285-86, 1288-89, 1292.
Stefani: pat. from Stefano. 1330-31, 1334-35, 1339, 1341.
Stracciaben[?]: 1301, 1339-40.
Strada: 1329, 1332, 1339.
Strozzafich[?]: 1323, 1326, 1329, 1331-32, 1334, 1336-41.
Strozzi: pat. from Strozza. 1284, 1288, 1294, 1296-97, 1299, 1302-05, 1307-10, 1312-20, 1322-23, 1326-41.
Struffaldi: not in de Felice. 1283-84, 1309.
della Stufa[?]: 1323, 1328, 1332, 1336.
Taddei: pat. from Taddeo. 1327, 1340.
Talenti: pat. from Talento. 1284, 1294, 1297, 1313, 1318, 1332-3-33, 1339.
Tanagli: 1338, 1341.
Tebaldi: pat. from Tebaldo, from Ger. Theobald. 1283, 1285.
Tecchini: 1331.
Tedaldi: pat. from Tedaldo. 1288, 1292, 1294, 1300, 1314, 1317, 1325, 1340.
Temagnini: 1312.
Temperani: 1308.
Tigliamochi: 1319.
Tizzoni: 1309, 1311.
Tolomei: pat. from Tolomeo, a pet form of Bartolomeo. 1290, 1298, 1300.
Tolosini: 1318-19, 1321, 1323, 1325.
Torelli: 1300.
Tornabelli: 1291, 1313, 1315, 1317.
Tornaquinci: 1285-86, 1288, 1292.
Toscanelli: 1304.
del Toso: 1318, 1322.
Tracche: 1301.
Tramontani: 1290.
Trinciavell[?]: 1300-01.
Tucci: 1322, 1333.
Ubaldini: pat. from Ubaldino, a dim. of Ubaldo. 1286, 1300, 1313, 1327, 1329-33, 1335-38.
Uberti: pat from Uberto. 1314.
Ubertini: pat from Ubertino, a dim. of Uberto. 1290, 1294, 1311.
Uccellini: 1306-07, 1313, 1326, 1330-32, 1335-38, 1340.
Ughi: 1331, 1337, 1339.
Ugolini: pat. from Ugolino, a dim. of Ugo, the Italian form of Hugh (Lat. Hugo). 1285, 1287.
Uguccioni: 1305.
Ulivieri: pat. from Ulivieri. 1284, 1286, 1289, 1293-94, 1301.
Unganelli: 1314.
Valori: 1310, 1313, 1318, 1322, 1324-25, 1328-40.
Velluti: not in de Felice. 1295, 1298-99, 1308, 1325, 1329, 1332, 1334, 1337, 1339.
del Velluto: not in de Felice. 1283, 1288-89.
Venturi: 1293.
Vernaccia: not in de Felice. 1291, 1304.
del Verre: most likely top. from Monte Verro. 1294.
Vespucci: desc. from Vespa 'insect, bee'. 1312.
Vettori: 1320, 1329.
Vezzosi: desc. from Vezzoso 'charming'. 1303, 1310.
della Vigna: top. 'of the vine, vineyard'. 1300.
Villani: desc. from villano 'person who lives in the countryside or in a rural town', similar in sentiment to Rustichi. In the north-east it may also be an ethnic byname from Villa, a city about 26km west of Florence. 1300, 1317, 1322, 1324, 1328.
Villanuzzi: not in de Felice or Minervini. 1282, 1284, 1287, 1291, 1336, 1338, 1340.
Vinci: This is either pat. from Vinci, a pet forms of names such as Vinciguerra, Vinciprova, Vincimali, etc., from a pet form of Vincenzo, or a loc. from Vinci, about 46 km west of Florence. 1287, 1301.
Visdomini: desc. from visdomino, itself from Latin vicedominus 'substitute lord'; in Florence, this was often used for the vicar of a bishop. 1286, 1289, 1292.
Viviani: pat. from Viviano. 1307, 1309, 1311, 1313, 1315, 1323, 1325, 1329, 1331-33, 1335, 1337, 1339-40.
Sources consulted
[de Felice] De Felice, Emidio. Dizionario dei Cognomi Italiani. (Oscar Monadori).
[de Felice Nomi] De Felice, Emidio. Dizionario dei Nomi Italiani. (Oscar Monadori).
[Minervini] Minervini, Pantaleo. Dizionario dei Cognomi Pugliesi (Schena Editore).
[R&W] Reaney, P.H. & R.M. Wilson. A Dictionary of English Surnames. (Oxford: Oxford University Press).