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Updated March 6, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Constant; steadfast

How Popular Is The Name Costa

Family name origins & meanings

  • Portuguese, Catalan, Italian, and southern French : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or river bank, or on the coast (ultimately from Latin costa ‘rib’, ‘side’, ‘flank’, also used in a transferred topographical sense), or a habitational name from any of numerous places named Costa or named with this word.
  • Portuguese, Catalan, Italian, and southern French : of Greek origin (see Costas).

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