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Help[Surname] Re: surname Martorana
in reply to a message by C.Colombo
There is a place called Martorano, near Cesena in mainland Italy. Though this is unlikely to be the origin of the Sicilian surname it does raise the possiblity of a place-name origin.
Alternatively, www.melegnano.net/cognomi lists the names Martori, Martorini, Martorelli and Martorello. The suggestion is that the basis of these names is a dialect word MARTOR, which is explained as "sempliciotto" (simpleton?).
Alternatively, www.melegnano.net/cognomi lists the names Martori, Martorini, Martorelli and Martorello. The suggestion is that the basis of these names is a dialect word MARTOR, which is explained as "sempliciotto" (simpleton?).
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I have heard the name Martorana means "troubled waters," although the church in Palermo, La Martorana is famous for marzipan (which is where the confection gets its name). Hardly anything close to "simpleton". Nice try.
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