Brogna Family History
Brogna Name Meaning
Italian (southern): metonymic occupational name for a swineherd from Sicilian bbrogna ‘shell used for calling pigs’ from Late Latin ebornea (bucina) ‘ivory horn’ or alternatively a nickname for someone with a large nose from the same word in the sense ‘pig's snout’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022