Nappa Family History
Nappa Name Meaning
Italian (southern):: nickname from nappa ‘gib large nose’ or from a homonymous word meaning ‘cockade bow’ or perhaps from (n)nappa ‘ingenue’. nickname from Calabrian nappa ‘clay dish’ or from the Sicilian homonym meaning ‘dish; protruding chin (for want of teeth)’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022