Farina Family History
Farina Name Meaning
Italian: from farina ‘wheat flour’ (from Latin farina) a metonymic occupational name for a miller or flour merchant. In some cases it may also have been a nickname for someone with a pale complexion. Galician and Asturian-Leonese (Fariña): metonymic occupational name from fariña ‘wheat flour’ (from Latin farina; compare 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022