Pecina Family History
Pecina Name Meaning
Spanish and Galician (Peciña): habitational name from any of the places called Peciña in La Rioja Aragon and Lugo Galicia. Spanish: nickname from pecina ‘mud’ ‘slurry’ commonly used to refer to shoemakers with reference to the dark layer of polish covering their hands and clothes. Czech: derivative of a Slavicized form of the German personal name Petz a hypocoristic of Peter .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022