Tarantini Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Not every Tarantini is related, but the name itself grew out of Tarantino. Taken at its root, Tarantini points to “From Taranto”. The change of ending between Tarantino and Tarantini reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Tarantina.

French civil records give 241 births under the name Tarantini from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1981–1990.

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