Bortolotto Family Crest & Name History

Ancestors listed as Bortolotto are often found as Bortolotti a generation earlier. Name scholars give the meaning as “Little Bortolo, Bartholomew”.

Bortolotto coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Bortolotti surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Bortolotto and Bortolotti

Bortolotto and Bortolotti differ only in the final vowel; Italian surnames often appear in singular and plural versions. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Bortoli.

French birth records list 138 children named Bortolotto between 1891 and 2000. For the full story, order the Bortolotto surname pack.