What is the origin and meaning of the Italian last name Passaro?

how do you say it? is it pah-SAR-oh or pah-ZAR-oh?

What is the origin and meaning of the Italian last name Passaro?
variant of Passero.


possibly from Passarus, a personal name recorded from the 10th century.


Italian: from passero 鈥榮parrow鈥?(Latin passer), a nickname from the bird, to which slyness was often imputed.






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