What's In A Name

Last night I had a chance of doing some work for an Italian family. When I told them that my name was Alfero and I believe its Italian, they told me that the name meant "Iron". I got very excited because I figured that closely matches my physique and personality :), until I did a little more research, only to find out iron is actually "Ferro" in Italian.

Well, that was a little close, but that only brings me back to the same old knowledge that 'Alfero' is commonly known as a surname in America and Italy. There is a place in Italy called Castell'Alfero (Province of ASTI, PIEMONTE) . Still, I haven't found what I'm looking for.