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Pistidda is typically Sardinian, from Sassari and Sassari, it should derive from a nickname originated from the Sardinian term logodurese pistidda (typical exclamation of when you get stung by an insect or you get a scotch). additions provided by Giuseppe Concas PISTIDDA: and pistìddu are not very clear voices. Linguists all show uncertainty. Here in Campidano the voice pistiddu designates the nape, the occiput (hard / or like stone?); spistiddàre / ài (referred to animal or person) means to break the nape (with a stone?). The term should derive from the Latin pistillum, which means pestle (stone, stone). Sos pistiddos a Orune are the stones that mark the boundaries of a farm, which here in Campidano we call "mulonis" .. Here we pistiddu is also used to designate a person with a hard head, synonymous with "conca de arrocca", hard head like stone. And here the term reflects the Latin meaning. We don't know anything else! It is not found in the ancient documents we consulted. Currently the surname pistidda is found in 46 Italian Municipalities, of which 18 in Sardinia: Sassari 125, Quartucciu 18, P. Torres 17, etc.
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