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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese : habitational name from any of the numerous places named Lagos, especially in Galicia.
  • Greek : nickname for a timid person or a fast runner, from Greek lagos ‘hare’, or a reduced form of a patronymic based on such a nickname, such as Lagoudakis.

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