American Family Name Origins:
D'Agata
Frequency: (189)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: metronymic from the female personal name Agata (Latin Agatha, Greek Agathé, from Greek agathos ‘good’). This was the name of a 3rd-century Sicilian martyr; for this reason the personal name was particularly popular in Sicily, where the surname is still concentrated today.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 14%. Salvatore (4), Alfio (3), Angelo, Filomena, Gino, Orazio.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
