SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Trevisan

Origin and meaning

Italian last name which means “Alchemist”. Locative, from Treviso, a city 20 miles NNW of Venice.

The authors agree that the surname derives from the demonym of the place name Treviso, indicating the probable origin of the surname's founders in the area of that city of Veneto.

E. Rossoni notes that the form Trevisan is very widespread in the north-east of Italy, in the regions of Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige, while the variant Trevisani is concentrated in the Verona, Padua, Rovigo, Ferrara, Bologna and Modena areas, with an additional nucleus in the Udine area. F. De Laurentiis considers that Trevisan is a variant of Trevisani, without providing further geographical information.

Variants

Geographic distribution: Trevisan: very diffused throughout the Triveneto. Trevisani: Verona, Padua, Rovigo, Ferrara, Bologna and Modena area, with a nucleus also in the Udine area.

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This entry brings together what 3 authors propose about the origin of the surname. In some cases they agree and reinforce a single hypothesis; in others, they contribute different views worth considering.

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/
  • Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.