Aquino Family History
Aquino Name Meaning
Italian Spanish and Portuguese: from a Christian personal name bestowed in honor of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–74; Tommaso d'Aquino in Italian Tomás de Aquino in Spanish) an Italian Dominican friar and Doctor of the Church. This surname is also common in the Philippines. See also 2 below compare De Aquino . Italian: habitational name from a place called Aquino (see D'Aquino ) the place where the theologian (see 1 above) was born.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022