Where Does the Marchetto Surname Come From?

The spelling Marchetto grew out of Marchetti, an Italian surname with a long paper trail. It grew out of a personal name: “Of little Marco”.

• The change of ending between Marchetti and Marchetto reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular.
• Other spellings include Marchi and De Marchi.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Marchetto, so the heraldry linked to Marchetti is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Marchetto family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.