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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern Italian : according to Caracausi, this is from iacono, southern dialect form of diacono ‘deacon’, hence an occupational name for someone in the service of a deacon or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a deacon.
  • Southern Italian : Possibly from an augmentative of Giacco, a short form of the personal name Giacomo.

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