Davila Family History
Davila Name Meaning
Spanish (Dávila): habitational name for someone from Ávila (see Avila ) with fused preposition d(e) ‘of from’. Galician and Portuguese (rarely Da Vila): topographic name for someone ‘from the village’ from vila ‘village small town’ (see Vila ) with the addition of da a shortened form of the preposition de ‘from’ and the feminine definite article a ‘the’. Compare Davilla .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022