The Cavallini Family Name

Behind the Cavallini surname stands Cavallo, an Italian name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. With the diminutive -ini, Cavallini is a pet form of Cavallo that became a surname in its own right. The family name meaning is “Horse”, the same as for Cavallo. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Other spellings include Cavalli and Cavallari.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Cavallo surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Cavallini report, with a museum-style coat of arms.