Abate

Type: Surname (from nickname & from occupation)
Usage: Italian

Meaning

From Italian abate meaning “abbot, priest”, derived via Latin and Greek from an Aramaic word meaning “father”. This was used either as a nickname or an occupational name for a worker in a priest’s house.
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