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It was his nickname and was later added to his full formal name.

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Leonardo Pisano was called Fibonacci because "Fibonacci" was a contraction of "filius Bonacci," which means "son of Bonacci." Leonardo's father's name was Guglielmo Bonacci, and Leonardo himself was known for popularizing the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in Europe through his book "Liber Abaci."

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