Surname Panella
Origin and meaning
From the word "pane" = bread, to indicate the job of someone (ej: baker); also derived from the medieval nickname pane meaning good person
💡 The surname Panella also appears as altered form of the surname Pane in other studies consulted in this project.
Variants
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This surname shows a notable variety of forms: 8 variants are documented, the result of dialectal adaptations, spelling changes, and transformations that occurred with migration.
Sources
This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:
- Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.