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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Avena

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish and Italian : metonymic occupational name for a grain grower or merchant, from avena ‘oats’, ‘oatmeal’ (Latin avena).
  • Italian : habitational name from a place in Calabria called Avena.

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