You may be interested
Absolutely Sardinian, it could derive from the dialect word pala (bust, bodice) or from the name of some places, such as Pala di Scivu (CA) or Pala Cotta (OR) or Sa Pala and Su Frassu di Ploaghe, according to others it would derive from the term pala in ancient Sardinian that would stand for small hill or slope and identify the characteristics of the place where the ancestor's family lived. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas PALA: shovel = tool to move and load incoherent materials, such as sand, coal, etc. or even to bake or bake bread: oven shovel; from the Latin pala. In the Sardinian language, in addition to these, it takes on other meanings, for example is palas or pabas are the shoulder blades, the shoulders. Is palas or pabas de su monti are the slopes, the slopes of the mountain. A palas oa pabas means behind, behind. Here in Campidano the shovel in the sense of spade or oven blade is commonly known as sa pabia, sa pabia de su forru; while to indicate the shoulders we commonly say is palas or pabas, as is palas or pabas de su monti. Pala is a surname widespread almost homogeneously throughout the island. It is present in ancient documents of language and history
Buy a heraldic document with your coat of arms
It is possible to do a preliminary research in our archive. About 100,000 heraldic traces, origins of surnames, coat of arms and blazons are available free of charge. Just write the desired last name in the form below and press enter.
Verba Volant, Scripta Manent
