Given name & surname

Paterno

Paterno is a surname from Italian.

Original ItalianPaternò

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Paterno comes from Italian.

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How it developed

From Italian Paternò.

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Paterno’s family of names

In Cebuano usage, Paterno has a diminutive in PATER. In English usage, Paterno as a surname was borrowed from the Italian form Paternò.

Walk Paterno’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

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

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Sibling ideas

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