Pastorino Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Pastorino is an established spelling of the Italian surname Pastore. The family name meaning is “Shepherd”, the same as for Pastore.

A variant of Pastore

Pastorino carries the diminutive ending -ino, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Pastore. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Pastori and Pastorelli.

Pastorino coat of arms

There is no single Pastorino family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

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