Family name origins & meanings
- Italian : habitational name from any of the many places named Sant’Agata for a religious dedication to St. Agatha (Sant’Agata), notably Sant’Agata del Bianco (Reggio Calabria), Sant’Agata de’Goti (Bologna), Sant’Agata di Esaro (Cosenza), Sant’Agata li Battiati (Catania, Sicily), or Sant’Agata Militello (Messina, Sicily).