Given name & surname · also Sicilian

Modica

Modica is a surname from Sicilian, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Modica comes from Sicilian, and ultimately from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sicilian Mòdica, from Latin Motyca.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Modica’s family of names

In Italian usage, Modica as a surname was borrowed from the Sicilian form Mòdica.

Walk Modica’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Modica’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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