[Salamander]

I have a somewhat odd question.
I keep seeing Michael referred to as a "Sicilian".
I've never heard of any Italian names that begin with "Sch", only German ones.
What makes everyone believe he's Sicilian?
[and I'm married to a Sicilian who grew up in a nice "family" neighborhood in Federal Hill/Providence RI and he's never heard of an Italian with "Sch" at the beginning of their name, either]


This odd little detail keeps nagging at me.
Anybody got any insight?

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

My mom, a native Italian, says Schiavo (skee.a.vo) means "slave" in Italian. We don't know where he is from, but she is horrified he is Italian.

[faithincowboys]

He doesn't look like any Sicilian I've ever seen-- he looks like an Aryan agent of death.

[cyborg]

Schiavo
ethnic name from schiavo ‘Slav’.
habitational name from Schiavo in Ardore, Reggio Calabria.

[Deo volente]

found this after a short google search:

In Italian, "schiavo" means slave.

It's the derivation of the word "ciao" -- that many-times-a-conversation greeting, ciao, means "I am your slave."

http://www.girlwonder.com/archives/001123.html

[Deo volente]

I'm not sure, but I think the common Sicilian form is "Lo Schiavo".