The pappa Surname
pappa Name Meaning and History
- nickname for a greedy or voracious person, from pappa ‘he eats’, from pappare ‘to munch or gobble’, or from a short form of a compound of this verb + a noun, as for example Pappalardo, Pappacoda (coda ‘tail’).
- possibly a variant of Papa.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Pappa (Quebec>Ontario) |
 siemens
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| searching for Cecilia Pappa | D. Wenrick | 0 |
| response to jennifer siemens | richard pappa | 1 |
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