SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Caccia

Origin and meaning

E. Rossoni notes that the surname derives from a nickname linked to skill in hunting or to some activity related to it. Its distribution covers all of Italy, with greater concentration in the Bergamo, Milan and Varese areas.

F. De Laurentiis specifies the sense of the base term: caccia refers to the art of capturing or killing wild animals by means of traps, weapons and similar means, which would have given rise to the nickname or activity name that became a surname.

Altered forms and derivatives

Geographic distribution: CACCIA: distributed throughout Italy, with greater concentration in the Bergamo, Milan and Varese areas. CACCIARI: typical of the Bologna area

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Comparative analysis based on 2 authors: where they agree, the hypothesis is strengthened; where they differ, the alternative interpretations are presented.

Sources

This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:

  • Rossoni, E. (2002). Origine e storia dei cognomi italiani. Retrieved from https://www.cognomiitaliani.org
  • De Laurentiis, F. (2003). Cognomi occhiobellesi. Storia, curiosità, significati e classifiche. Occhiobello: Teatro Polivalente di Occhiobello (T.P.O.). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20030516113456/http://www.comune.occhiobello.ro.it/cognomi/