Villanova Family History
Villanova Name Meaning
Italian: habitational name from any of numerous places so called from Latin villa nova ‘new settlement’ (see Villa ) as for example Villanova del Battista (Avellino) Villanova del Ghebbo and Villanova Marchesanda (Rovigo) Villanova di Camposampiero (Padua) Villanova d'Albenga (Savona). Spanish: habitational name from a place called Villanova in Huesca (Aragon) a cognate of 1 above. Spanish: altered form of Catalan and Galician Vilanova . Compare Villanueva .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022