The penna Surname
penna Name Meaning and History
- Cornish: of uncertain origin; perhaps a habitational name from any of the places named Penare or Penarth, from Cornish pen-arth ‘promontory’, ‘headland’.
- Italian (mainly southern): probably a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or peak, or generally in an elevated location, penna (from Latin pinnus ‘pointed’), a common element of place names.
- Greek: from the Greek vocabulary word penna ‘quill’, ‘pen’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a clerk or scribe (Greek Pennas, with the occupational suffix -as).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Death of Mr. John Penna in the Dominican Republic |
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| John Anthony Penna |
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| Frank & Mary Accardo Penna |
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| John M. Penna, , Pittsburgh, PA , |
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| Pennas in Italy |
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| John A. Penna |
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| Penna in Essex England | Profile not available. | 0 |
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