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La Pietra Surname Meaning

Italian (also Lapietra):: from pietra ‘stone rock’ (from Latin petra from Greek) with the definite article la; probably a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent rock or on stony ground or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a quarryman or stone carver.

Feminine form of Pietro with the addition of the definite article la.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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