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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (mostly Tuscany) : from a feminine form of Pagnotto, which is either a diminutive of Compagno or Boncompagno (see Pagni), or a metonymic occupational name for a baker or pantryman, from a diminutive of pano ‘bread’.

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