Given name & surname
Palla
“straw”·“edge of a garment”
Palla is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English, Italian, and Czech.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a Catalan and Galician surname, it goes back to a word meaning “straw.” As a Punjabi Sikh surname, it goes back to a word meaning “edge of a garment.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Palla is a variant of Pallas. An origin associated with Pallas is Greek.
Explained through its name family
Palla’s family of names
Palla has a related form in Pallas. In English usage, Palla as a surname has a related form in Pál. In Greek usage, Palla as a surname is a transliteration of Παλλά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Palla
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