Pecoraro is an Italian family name, derived from Latin pecurarius, "shepherd", from pecoris, "flock", a derivation of pecus http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pecus#Latin, "sheep". It is a cognate of the standard Italian word for shepherd "pecoraio" http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pecoraio, as well as, a Romanian word for shepherd "păcurar" http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C4%83curar.