Finocchio
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum) (kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations))
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ/(recorded in a dictionary) English · from Wiktionary
Finocchio is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- ITItaly
- ARArgentina
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
How to pronounce Finocchio
- English:/fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
- Spanish:/finoktʃjo/(machine-generated) model-generated
- Italian:/fiˈnɔk.kjo/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
How Finocchio is read
(measured from records)Finocchio is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English56%
A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish27%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Finocchio in Spanish.
- Italian5.6%
fennel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
do latim fenuculum; ligado ao cultivo e comércio do funcho
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
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Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Lorenzo R. Finocchiob. 1924UYUruguayan architect
- Francesco Finocchiob. 1992ITItalian footballer
- Giovanni FinocchioITresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)18 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Finocchio mean, and where does it come from?
- A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Finocchio?
- In the etymology graph, Finochio is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Finocchio?
- It depends on the language: in English /fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /finoktʃjo/; in Italian /fiˈnɔk.kjo/ (Wiktionary). Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Finocchio have the most bearers?
- Finocchio is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Finocchio”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.