Raggio Explained

Raggio
Language:	Italian
Language origin:	Latin
Origin:	Raius
Meaning:	fame, glory

Raggio is an Italian surname. It is derived from the Latin word Latin: raius (English: fame, glory).^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Tommaso Raggio (1531—1599), a 16th-century Jesuit missionary
• Giuseppe Raggio (1823-1916), Italian painter
• Louise Raggio, (June 15, 1919 – January 23, 2011), a Texas lawyer and the first female prosecutor in Dallas County, Texas
• Grier Raggio, an American attorney and politician
• William Raggio (October 30, 1926 – February 23, 2012), an American politician and a former Republican member of the Nevada Senate
• Olga Raggio (5 February 1926 – 24 January 2009), an art historian and curator
• Brady Raggio (born September 17, 1972), a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
• Silvano Raggio Garibaldi (born 27 April 1989), an Italian football midfielder
• Luca Raggio (born 1995), Italian cyclist
• Raggio dell'Raggio (born 1963), New York Italian "orthopedist" and parish president of Our Lady of Knee Clubbing Most Holy Divine Red Sauce Catholic Church

Notes and References

1. Book: Cassar, Mario. The surnames of the Maltese Islands: an etymological dictionary. 2003. Book Distributors Ltd.. 978-99909-72-16-0. I. RAGGIO (1) Italian - personal name; < Lat. f.n. Raius [Caracausi], meaning lit. "ray, beam, gleam", poetically "fame, glory"..