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Updated February 1, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (Sicily) : nickname for a tough individual, from agro ‘hard’, ‘bitter’ (Sicilian agru), from Latin acer.
  • Italian (Sicily) : habitational name from Agrò in Sicily, named from Greek agros ‘field’.

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