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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : habitational name from Sagona, the medieval name of Savona in northern Italy, before it became modified to its present form (Sagona–Saona–Savona; compare Ligorno–Liorno–Livorno).
  • Greek (Sagonas) : nickname for someone with a protruding jaw, from Greek sagona ‘jaw’ (Classical Greek siagōn).

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