Spinosa
See also: spinosa
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian Spinosa.
Proper noun edit
Spinosa (plural Spinosas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Spinosa is the 26229th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 932 individuals. Spinosa is most common among White (91.95%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spinosa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From the feminine form of spinoso (“thorny”), probably used as a nickname.
Proper noun edit
Spinosa m or f by sense
- a surname transferred from the nickname
Further reading edit
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
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- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Italian
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames
- Italian surnames from nicknames