Santoriello
This form is a variant of the surname Santi.
Origin and meaning
Diffused throughout Italy, it prevails in the north, where it is very frequent. It is the surname formation of the name of Christian tradition and devotion Santo, "sacred, venerated; saint," and in part also Santi, an aphaeretic hypocoristic of Ognissanti, the feast of "all the saints."
Variants
- De Sanctis 📄 (own page)
- De Santi
- De Santis
- De Santo
- Del Santo
- Lisanti
- Sant
- Santacaterina
- Santacroce 📄 (own page)
- Santamaria 📄 (own page)
- Santandrea
- Santangelo 📄 (own page)
- Santaniello 📄 (own page)
- Santanocito
- Santapaola
- Santarelli
- Santarone
- Santarossa
- Santero
- Santi
- Santicchia
- Santilli
- Santillo
- Santinelli
- Santini
- Santise
- Santo
- Santoianni 📄 (own page)
- Santomauro
- Santon
- Santone
- Santoni
- Santonocito
- Santoriello
- Santoro
- Santucci
- Santullo
Altered forms and derivatives
Compounds
- Santoianni (Con Ianni)
- Santoiemma (Con Iemma)
- Santolillo (Con Lillo)
- Santomauro (Con Mauro)
- Santonastasi (Con Anastasio)
- Santonastasio
- Santonastaso
- Santoprete (Con Prete)
Geographic distribution: Italy; Santi prevails in the North (very frequent); Santo in the South; Sant in the North-East; patronymics with De proper to the South and Centre (but De Santi, apocopated forms and Santinato are Venetan); Santillo, Santullo, Santise and compounds proper to the South (but Santoprete has a high frequency in Rieti)
📍 You can view how this surname is distributed in Italy: View distribution in Italy (Cognomix)
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.
- 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/
- Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.