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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Italian : Royalty; feminine form of Count

How Popular Is The Name Contessa

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from contessa ‘countess’, feminine form of Conte.
  • Italian : habitational name from Contessa Entellina in Palermo province, Sicily, which until 1875 was called simply Contessa.

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