SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Mazzarino

Origin and meaning

E. De Felice identifies this surname as Sicilian, formed from the place name Mazzarino, a locality in the province of Caltanissetta.

E. Rossoni agrees on its Sicilian origin and notes that it is especially frequent in the Catania area. He broadens the etymological proposal by indicating that it could derive from two place names: Mazzarino, in the Caltanissetta area, or Mazzarrone, in the Catania area. Rossoni also mentions Cardinal Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino, of Palermitan origin and born at Pescina, in the L'Aquila area, a leading figure of 17th-century European history and first minister to Louis XIV of France.

💡 The surname Mazzarino also appears as variant of the surname Mazzo in other studies consulted in this project.

Geographic distribution: Sicily

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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:

  • De Felice, E. (1978). Dizionario dei cognomi italiani. Milano: Mondadori.
  • Rossoni, E. (2002). Origine e storia dei cognomi italiani. Retrieved from https://www.cognomiitaliani.org