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Updated May 26, 2021

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : metronymic from the female personal name Agata (Latin Agatha, Greek Agathē, from Greek agathos ‘good’). This was the name of a 3rd-century Sicilian martyr; for this reason the personal name was particularly popular in Sicily, where the surname is still concentrated today.

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