SURNAMES IN ITALY

Crotta

This form is a variant of the surname Cròtti.

Origin and meaning

E. De Felice and F. De Laurentiis agree that it is a Lombard surname, frequent in the Milan area, formed from the place name Crotta d'Adda, a locality of the province of Cremona.

There is another alternative hypothesis of anthroponymic origin: the surname could derive from a Lombard hypocoristic Rotto, linked to the Germanic root hrōþ-, with the sense of "fame", and represented with Frankish spelling as Chroth-. This source places the surname in relation to the zone of the Isola Bergamasca and notes as related forms the surnames Crotta and possibly Rottoli.

Variants

Geographic distribution: Veneto

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Comparative analysis based on 3 authors: where they agree, the hypothesis is strengthened; where they differ, the alternative interpretations are presented.

Sources

This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:

  • De Felice, E. (1978). Dizionario dei cognomi italiani. Milano: Mondadori.
  • De Laurentiis, F. (2003). Cognomi occhiobellesi. Storia, curiosità, significati e classifiche. Occhiobello: Teatro Polivalente di Occhiobello (T.P.O.). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20030516113456/http://www.comune.occhiobello.ro.it/cognomi/
  • Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.