1. Home
  2. Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames


Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames


LA | LAVARRA | VARRA

Lavarra is typically Apulian, of the Bari area, in Castellana Grotte, Bari and Putignano, and of the Taranto area, in Mottola, Castellaneta and Massafra, La Varra, almost unique, should be an altered form of the previous one, should derive from an altered archaic form of the name Navarre, a Frankish, Hispanic region straddling the Pyrenees with capital Pamplona and Basque stock.

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/

VARRA | VARRA'

Worth, very very rare, has presences in Neapolitan and Galatone in the Leccese, it will be worth, very rare, is calabrese, of Rosarno in Reggio Calabria in particular, should derive from a nickname originated from the dialect term areas worth (stick, club, bar), perhaps indicating that the ancestor came from a border site.

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


Buy a heraldic document with your coat of arms


You may be interested

Heraldic dossiers
Notice:
  • When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
  • The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.

Varrà
Variations Last name: Varrò
Nobles: Italia - Svizzera
Nobility: Nobili - Signori
Language of the text: Italiano

Varrò
Variations Last name: Varrà - Varrone
Nobles: Svizzera - Italia (Piemonte)
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

Verba Volant, Scripta Manent
(Spoken words fly away, written words remain)
Examples of Heraldic Documents
Order now a Professional Heraldic Document

Entrust the story of your family name to the heraldry professionals

Go to Catalog