American Family Name Origins:
La Martina
Frequency: (176)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: metronymic from the female personal name Martina, feminine form of Martino (see Martin), or name for someone belonging to ‘the Martin family’, the feminine form no doubt being due to the influence of the Italian word famiglia ‘family’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 11%. Angelo (3), Salvatore (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
