{{For|the painter known as Il Piccio|Giovanni Carnovali}} {{Infobox surname | name = Piccio | image = | image_size = | caption = | romanization = <!--Romanization(s)--> | pronunciation = {{IPA|it|ˈpittʃo|lang}} | gender = | feminine = | masculine = | language = Italian | languageorigin = Portuguese | origin = Figo | derivation = | meaning = Fig | motto = | region = Ottoman Empire,<ref name=jepigo>Gottheil, R. & Elbogen, I. (1906). [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12144-pigo Pigo]. In ''Jewish Encyclopedia''. New York: Funk and Wagnalls.</ref><ref name=joe>Kiron, A., & Jerchower, S. (2003). [http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/cajs/jastrow/04.html The meaning of words: Marcus Jastrow and the making of rabbinic dictionaries]. ''Judaica Online Exhibitions''. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania.</ref> Republic of Venice<ref name=joe></ref><ref>Bonfil, R. (2016, September 10). Venice: A symbol of Jewish history. ''Printed Matter''. Retrieved from http://www.primolevicenter.org/printed-matter/venice-a-symbol-of-jewish-history/.</ref><ref>[http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Venezia.html Surnames of the Jews in Venezia.] ''Jewish Genealogy in Italy''.</ref> | variant = | cognate = | anglicisation = | derivative = | seealso = | family = | footnotes = }} The '''Piccio''' family is a family of Portuguese Jewish origin. It has established branches in Italy,<ref name=stow1>Stow, K. (1995). ''The Jews in Rome'' (Vol. 1). Leiden: Brill.</ref><ref>Kessin, Zachary. (Ed.) [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_names.html Table of names.] [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/yehoshua/rome_article.html ''Names of Jews in Rome in the 1550s''.] Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Roma.html Surnames of the Jews in Rome.] ''Jewish Genealogy in Italy''. Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref><ref>Rottenberg, D. (1986). ''Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company.</ref> the Philippines and Turkey.<ref name=jepigo/><ref name=joe/> Members also reside in fewer numbers in other countries.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010113/http://www.cairomontenotte.org/america/argentina/agnelli/1882-apellidos.html Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1882)]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120213112803/http://www.cairomontenotte.org/america/argentina/agnelli/1899-apellidos.html Italianos llegados a Buenos Aires (1899)]</ref>
The current form of the family’s name is an Italianized standardization by notaries in Rome of {{IPA|tr|ˈpiɟu|}},<ref name=jepigo/><ref name=joe/> which in turn was a Turkified rendering of the original Portuguese '''Figo''' ({{IPA|pt-PT|ˈfiɣu|pron}}).<ref name=jepigo/><ref name=stow1/>
==Members== Notable members include: *Azaria Piccio, Venetian rabbi; *Carlo Piccio, Philippine swimmer; *Gino Piccio, Italian priest; *Giuseppe Piccio, Italian literary critic; *Mosè Piccio, Ottoman rabbi and lexicographer; *Mordekay Piccio, Israeli paramilitary; *Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian World War I general and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force; *Vicente Piccio, Jr., Philippine major general, Air Force Chief, and former Mayor.
==References== {{reflist}} {{surname|Piccio}}
Category:Piccio family Category:Surnames of Portuguese origin Category:Italian-language surnames