Altadonna
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Altadonna
Frequency: (122)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian (Sicily): from a medieval female personal name Altadonna, literally ‘high lady’, also sometimes applied as an ironical nickname.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 15%. Salvatore (2), Carmelo, Giuseppe, Sal, Salvator, Santo.
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