I believe that "Fornarina" roughly means "little baker woman." This would go along with the belief that Raphael's lover was the daughter of a baker. I studied in Rome for a semester in college and right next door to my school in Trastevere was a restaurant called "La Fornarina." It occupied a building said to be the home of the original Fornarina. On the other side of the school was the Villa Farnesina which contains several wonderful frescoes by Raphael. Perhaps Raphael met this lady while in the neighborhood working on the villa's frescoes?
I'm surprised by how many people think Velata and Fornarina are the same woman. They look completely different to me - Velata being much prettier IMO. (pretty as a woman, not a painting - both paintings are beautiful)
Of course, now that you mention it, the baker woman. A good restaurant chain in the USA is Il Fornaio, in San Fran, Seattle, Pasadena, other places. They always bake bread and sell it along with serving excellent meals.
How terrific to have spent a semester studying art in Rome! I'm so pleased that FR has this nice little culture corner where I can meet people who've done the things that interest me. I spent one month there in 97 visiting friends and sort of frumming around the city on my own, as they worked. At the Vatican Grill, I met a fellow --American as I recall-- who'd just completed the art for the improved Grand Central Station in NYC. His friends swore up and down that he had indeed done so....I forget his name but you probably can roll it off your tongue. He was, I think, teaching at the American U in Rome.