No idea, other than it means "Paradise" in Italian. My opinion, I don't think it's a very common name and I'd be a little surprised if it was Sicilian.
-I shot him a coupla' times. -What's a couple? -Hmm, more than a couple... Really I don't know the exact amount, maybe I shot him 10 times, 12 times? -Maybe fifteen? -Hmm, it could've been fifteen...