Cala Family History
Cala Name Meaning
Spanish (Andalusia) and Italian (Sicily): habitational name from any of numerous minor places in eastern (especially southeastern) Spain (Seville) and one in Sicily called Cala from a proto-Romance word cala ‘bay cove’. Italian (southern): nickname from Greek kalos ‘good beautiful’. Czech (Čála): from a shortened form of an unidentified Old Czech personal name beginning with Ča-. Albanian (Çala): nickname derived from a short form of çalaman ‘cripple lame man’ or from the adjective çalë ‘cripple lame’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022