Degano is an
Eastern Alpine surname of
Germanic-
Friulian origin.
Its place of maximum frequency is the
province of Udine
The province of Udine ( it, provincia di Udine, fur, provincie di Udin, sl, videmska pokrajina, Resian dialect, Resian: , german: Provinz Weiden) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia of Italy, borderi ...
, in the Alpine region of
Friuli.
It is a derivate of the evolution of the classic
Old High German word "''
degan''".
The first documented use of "''degano''" as a substantive is observed in the epic poem "
Hildebrandslied" of
langobardic
Lombardic or Langobardic is an extinct West Germanic language that was spoken by the Lombards (), the Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century. It was already declining by the seventh century because the invaders quickly adopted ...
origin, written in
Old High German with
Old Saxon elements and dates back to c.ca 800 AD.
It could also derive from a dialectal use of the latin title "''
decanus''", or indicating the leader of a type of
Swiss-Alpine territorial division
degagna.
Degano (''Dean'' in
Friulian) is also a river having its source at 1039m a.s.l in the
Carnic Alps in the comune of
Forni Avoltri.
Degano can also refer to
Val Degano, one of the 7 valleys of the Alpine historical-geographic region of
Carnia
Carnia ( fur, Cjargne or ''Cjargna''/''Cjargno'' in local variants, vec, Ciargna, german: Karnien, sl, Karnija) is a historical-geographic region in the northeastern Italian area of Friuli. Its 27 municipalities all belong to the Province of Ud ...
(''Cjargne in
Friulian).''
Notable people with the surname include:
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Daniele Degano
Daniele Degano (born 21 September 1982) is an Italian association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for ASD Potenza Picena.
Career
Degano played for A.C. Meda 1913, Meda in the 1999–2000 season. The te ...
(born 1982), Italian footballer
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Enrico Degano
Enrico Degano (born 11 March 1976 in Gorizia) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld until the team's demise.
He was the first rider to start the prologue of the 2007 Tour de Fra ...
(born 1976), Italian cyclist
References
{{Reflist''Paolo Diacono, Historia Langobardorum, FV, II, 4, 6, 7''.
Toponomastica: denominazioni ufficiali in lingua friulan
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Italian-language surnames