Seneca Family History
Seneca Name Meaning
Italian (mainly Naples) and French: from the Latin personal name Seneca borne by two famous Romans Seneca the Elder an orator and writer and Seneca the Younger a philosopher. In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the more common French variant Sénèque. Italian: nickname from the vocabulary word seneca denoting a pale lean man or in dialect an irrascible or miserly individual.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022