D'Amico
An Italian surname meaning “of Amico” or “son/descendant of Amico,” originally marking family connection to the personal name Amico.
The #2,752 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 23,552 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Damico is best understood as the Italian surname D'Amico, with the apostrophe often lost in later spelling. The base name Amico comes from Latin amicus, meaning “friend,” so the surname originally meant something like “of Amico” or “belonging to the family of Amico.” In some cases it may have arisen from a byname based on the given name Amico rather than from the common noun alone.
History
D'Amico is a well-established Italian surname, especially associated with southern Italy and with later Italian diaspora communities abroad. In English-language records the apostrophe is often dropped, producing Damico. The excerpt provided is not actually an etymological entry for this surname, so the interpretation here relies on standard onomastic usage rather than the source text.
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Fun fact
Because apostrophes were often omitted in immigration and census records, D'Amico and Damico can refer to the same family line in historical documents.
From the historical record
“yerba en los prados. Dalle que dalle. «Dale que dale». Damico. Danico. Dinamarqués. Dañin. Apócope de Dañino. Dañino. Lo que daña o hace perjuicio. Comunmente se aplica a algunos animales.”
— Diccionario de los apellidos