SURNAMES IN ITALY

Abbiate

This form is a variant of the surname Abbiati.

Origin and meaning

According to E. De Felice, Abbiati is a Lombard surname derived from Abbiategrasso, a town near Milan, representing an abbreviated form of that place name. The surname is particularly rooted in the Milan area and belongs to the group of Italian surnames originating from a family's place of origin.

R. Brondolo notes that the place name Abbiategrasso may itself derive from oblate grasse, referring to offerings associated with lands subject to the payment of tithes during the Middle Ages.

Variants

Geographic distribution: Lombardy, Milan

📍 You can view how this surname is distributed in Italy: View distribution in Italy (Cognomix)

Drawing on 3 authors, this entry presents the different hypotheses about the origin of the surname, avoiding a single oversimplified explanation.

Sources

This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:

  • De Felice, E. (1978). Dizionario dei cognomi italiani. Milano: Mondadori.
  • Brondolo, R. (2004, May 23). Questioni di nomi e di terre [Weekly newspaper article]. L'Ancora. https://web.archive.org/brondolo_nomi_1.html
  • Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.