Last name CAPPA: origin and meaning

Posted by Fernande Dalal on Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Cappa : Italian (southern): from cappa ‘(hooded) cloak cape’ (from Late Latin cappa) applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of capes or possibly as a nickname for a habitual wearer of a distinctive cape.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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