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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Asturian-Leonese (Testón) : nickname from Asturian-Leonese testón ‘headstrong’, ‘stubborn’, ‘obstinate’.
  • French and Occitan : nickname from a diminutive of Old French teste ‘head’ (see Testa).

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