Fabrizio Family History

from the medieval personal name Fabrizio, Latin Fabricius, a Roman family name of unknown, possibly Etruscan, origin. Already in the Roman period the name was associated by folk etymology with faber and Latin forms of the name were extensively used in the late Middle Ages as equivalents of vernacular terms denoting a smith or other craftsman. habitational name from Fabrizio, a locality of Corigliano Calabro in Cosenza province.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press