SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Montagnana

Origin and meaning

The authors agree that this surname derives from the place name Montagnana. E. Rossoni notes that it is a fairly rare surname and that it is probably native to the area between Padua and Vicenza, in Veneto, linking it specifically to the place called Montagnana, in the province of Padua.

F. De Laurentiis broadens the perspective by indicating that the surname may derive both from the common noun montagna ("mountain") and from the place name Montagnana, present in several localities of Italy, among them the Padua, Modena, Pistoia and Florence areas.

💡 The surname Montagnana also appears as altered form of the surname Montagna in other studies consulted in this project.

Geographic distribution: Veneto

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Drawing on 2 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:

  • Rossoni, E. (2002). Origine e storia dei cognomi italiani. Retrieved from https://www.cognomiitaliani.org
  • De Laurentiis, F. (2003). Cognomi occhiobellesi. Storia, curiosità, significati e classifiche. Occhiobello: Teatro Polivalente di Occhiobello (T.P.O.). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20030516113456/http://www.comune.occhiobello.ro.it/cognomi/