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ArchivesCan anyone verify the meaning of the name De Sario?
The name De Sario seems to be quite common in Italy, specialy in the sourthern parts. Someone said the name comes from Sari, which is Fish in Greek, and in pre-Roman times, most of southern Italy was first settled by the Greeks. Perhaps then De Sario would translate to Fisher in English?
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It's a surname, it can't be a given name. Surnames starting with "de" literally means "of" in the sense of "son of", so for instance De Carlo would imply descending from someone named Carlo. De Sario looks like an indication of descendance from someone named Sario, which can be a nickname for Rosario. This seems more likely than the "Sari" theory. I doubt it would be the equivalent of Fisher, which in Italian is "pescatore" (and not very common as a surname).
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