Lupo (surname)
Not to be confused with
Lupino .
Lupo Pronunciation Italian: [ˈluːpo] Language(s) Italian Meaning "Wolf " Region of origin Italy Variant form(s) Loup (French), López (Spanish), Lopes (Portuguese), Lupu (Romanian)
Lupo is a surname of Italian origin, meaning "wolf ", which is derived from the Latin lupus . Its Spanish equivalent is López , its Portuguese equivalent is Lopes , its French equivalent is Loup , and its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu .
The name may refer to:
People
Alberto Lupo (1924–1984), Italian film actor
Anthony Lupo (born 1966), professor of atmospheric science at the University of Missouri
Francis Lupo (1895–1918), American soldier killed in World War I
Frank Lupo , American television writer and producer
Ignazio Lupo (1877–1947), Sicilian-American gangster
Janet Lupo (1950-2017), American model, Playboy Playmate 1975
Michael Lupo (1953–1995), Italian serial killer in the UK
Salvatore Lupo (born 1951), Italian author
Lupo family , a family of court musicians in England in the 16th and 17th centuries
Fictional characters
Cyrus Lupo , on the American television series Law & Order
Jo Lupo , on the American television series Eureka
Family names derived from the word "
wolf "
Celtic Germanic
Rudolph , Ralph , Ludolf , Adolf
North Germanic: Lyall , Ulfsson
West Germanic: De Wolf , De Wolfe , Love , Volf , Wolf , Wolfe , Wolff , Wölfli , Wölfflin , Wolfs , Woolf , Woolfe , Wulf , Wulff , Wulfson , Wolfowitz , Wolfsohn , Wolfson , Wolfram , Wolfermann
Romance
Latin: Lupus
French: Leleu , Leloup , Loup , Louvel , Lowell
Iberian: Llop , Llopis , Lobato , Lobo , Lopes , López
Italian: Lovato , Lupo
Romanian: Lupescu , Lupu , Lupul , Lupulescu
Slavic
East Slavic: Biryuk , Biryukov , Volchek , Volchenkov , Volchkov , Volchok , Volk , Volkov (Volkoff , Wolkoff ), Volkovich , Vovchenko , Vovchok , Vovchynskyi , Vovk
South Slavic: Vuk , Vučević , Vučić , Vučko , Vučetić /Vuchetich , Vučković , Vujić , Vukašinović , Vukasović , Vukčević , Vukić , Vukičević , Vukićević , Vuković /Vukovich , Vuksanović
West Slavic: Vlček , Vlk , Wilczek , Wilczyński , Wilk , Wolkowicz
Other