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Type Surname (from occupation & from nickname)

Meaning & History

Means "arrow" or "lightning bolt" in Sicilian, from Latin sagitta via sajitta. Probably a nickname for a quick or fast-footed person, though it may have also been a metonymic occupational name for a fletcher.
Added 3/18/2025 by jocatchi