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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Strong as an eagle

First name variations: Acquilla, Aquil, Aquilas, Aquiles, Aquilino, Aquilla, Aquille, Aquillino

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Italian: nickname from aquila ‘eagle’, denoting a lordly or a sharp-eyed man.
  2. Italian: habitational name from L’Aquila in Abruzzo or from any of various smaller places called Aquila.