Cappellini Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Cappellini is best understood alongside Cappelli: both are Italian spellings of a single family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “a hat maker, from cappello, "hat”.

A variant of Cappelli

The ending -ni in Cappellini is a typical Italian derivative of the root behind Cappelli. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Cappello.

Family crest and blazon

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

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