Given name & surname

Scala

Scala is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English and Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

As a Slavic and Jewish surname, it comes from Polish Skała.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Scala as a surname developed from Skała.

Scala’s family of names

In English usage, Scala as a surname developed from the Polish form Skała.

Walk Scala’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Italian

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Scaccia

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Scalici

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Italian

Spada

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Scala’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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