Last name origins & meanings:
- Southern Italian: according to Caracausi, this is from
iacono, southern dialect form of diacono ‘deacon’, hence
an occupational name for someone in the service of a deacon or a
nickname for someone thought to resemble a deacon.
- Southern Italian: Possibly
from an augmentative of Giacco, a short form of the personal
name Giacomo.
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