SURNAMES IN ITALY

Pozzolo

This form is a variant of the surname Pozzoli.

Origin and meaning

The surname Pozzoli is of toponymic origin and derives from various place names such as Pozzolo and Pozzuolo, diffused in different regions of northern Italy. On this point E. De Felice and E. Rossoni agree, noting that the surname was formed to indicate the geographic origin of the line from these place names.

E. De Felice adds that these place names would have as their base the Latin podium ("hill"), a meaning adopted in the Middle Ages, while E. Rossoni reinforces this interpretation by enumerating various concrete geographic nuclei. In this way, the surname reflects a territorial origin linked to the landscape and to the location of the family settlement.

Variants

Altered forms and derivatives

Geographic distribution: North to Tuscany (sporadic); greater frequency in Liguria

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Drawing on 2 authors, this entry presents the different hypotheses about the origin of the surname, avoiding a single oversimplified explanation.

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