|
![Show Contents]() Lamma History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 Italy
From the ancient and picturesque Italian region of Venice emerged a variety of distinguished names, including the notable surname Lamma. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most traditional type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, local surnames are also found. Local names, which are the least frequent of the major types of surnames found in Italy, are derived from a place-name where the original bearer once resided or held land. Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix "di," which signifies emigration from one place to another, but does not necessarily denote nobility. The Lamma family lived in Milan. Originally, Lama was a Spanish local name for someone who lived on a patch of marshland, and it was originally derived from the Late Latin word Lama, which means marshland. Early Origins of the Lamma familyThe surname Lamma was first found in 1552 when Leonardo Lana was Bishop of Budua. Early History of the Lamma familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lamma research. The years 1607, 1653 and 1764 are included under the topic Early Lamma History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Lamma Spelling VariationsThere are many variations of most of those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. Some of these come from regional differences, like the tradition of ending northern names in "o" and southern names in "i". Others come from inaccuracies in the recording process, which were extremely common in the eras before dictionaries standardized spelling. Some of the spelling variations of Lamma are Lami, Lamma, Lamieri, Lana, Lanna, Lanino and others. Early Notables of the Lamma familyProminent among bearers of this family in early times was Bernardino Lanino, a 16th century painter whose most famous work lies in the Church of San Nazaro Maggiore in Milan and is entitled the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine. Giulio Lana was Bishop of Vulturara in 1607. Celso di Ferrando Lana was granted the title of Knight...
Another 55 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lamma Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Lamma migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Lamma, or a variant listed above:
Lamma Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Angello Lamma, who arrived in Mississippi in 1875 1
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
|
Lamma migration to the United States 
