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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern Italian : from a nickname or personal name bestowed on someone born on a Saturday, which was considered a good omen, from Italian sabbato ‘Saturday’ (Late Latin sabbatum, Greek sabbaton, from Hebrew shabat ‘Sabbath’, a derivative of shabat ‘rest’).

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