Faganin

Faganin is a surname of Romance-language origin that appears in Brazil, Italy, and Portugal, and in diaspora communities with Italian or Portuguese heritage. It is most often encountered in regions with historical Italian or Portuguese settlement and migration patterns.

The exact etymology of Faganin is not definitively established. It may derive from a patronymic form of a given name such as Fagan or from an Italian diminutive suffix -in, yielding a meaning akin to “little Fagan” or “son of Fagan.” Related surnames and variations arising from regional spelling traditions include forms such as Faganini and Faganello, among others. The name may have developed independently in different locales as families adapted to local linguistic patterns.

Distribution and history records show the surname in ecclesiastical and civil documents dating back several centuries in parts of southern Europe. Migration to Brazil during the late 19th and early 20th centuries contributed to the surname’s presence in Brazilian genealogical records, reflecting broader patterns of Italian and Portuguese emigration.

Notable individuals: there are no widely recognized persons with the surname Faganin who have standalone encyclopedic entries. The name is primarily of genealogical interest for families researching ancestry and regional surname distribution.

See also: related names such as Faganin(i), Faganini, Faganello, and Fagan. These variants reflect regional pronunciation and spelling practices that accompany surname transmission across generations.