Message: "Surname" - Behind the Name

Surname

by Jacob (guest)

8/3/2006, 3:14 PM

Can anyone provide me with additional information as to the surname Acosta which so I heard comes from ancient Romans?

- Professor (guest)

8/4/2006, 1:18 PM

In addition to it being a Portugese/Spanish name, I found it is an altered spelling of the surname, Da Costa.

- Jim Young (guest) +1

8/4/2006, 12:26 PM

Well it's Portuguese and that language derives from Latin, but I don't think there were any Ancient Romans called Acosta.

- Sagani (guest)

8/4/2006, 1:39 PM

This surname derives from a portuguese word that means "coast" or "beach". See the italian word "costa" or spanish "cuesta".

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