About the Pozzoli Surname

If your family name is Pozzoli, its origin lies with Pozzi, an Italian surname.

Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Pozzoli carries the diminutive ending -oli, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Pozzi.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Pozzi surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Pozzoli family name pack.