Izzo Family History

Italian:: probably a nickname from Sicilian izzu ‘captive slave’ which is ultimately a derivative of Latin aegyptius ‘Egyptian’. The surname may also be a nickname from the same word used to denote any of various birds of prey or in the sense ‘dark-skinned’.

Alternatively, this may be a Neapolitan short form of a personal name ending in -iccio/-izzo perhaps from a personal name of ancient Germanic origin such as Bonizzo or Opizzo.