La Spina Family History
La Spina Surname Meaning
Italian (southern): from spina ‘thorn’ (from Latin spina) with the definite article la applied as a topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or in an area of scrubland or (in a transferred sense) for someone who lived by the crest or ridge of a hill.
It could also be a nickname for a tall thin spiky person.
From a short form of a personal name formed with this word for its Christian associations, for example Fiordespina, Despina, Malaspina.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022