Spadafora Family History
Spadafora Name Meaning
Italian (Calabria and Sicily):: from a nickname a compound of spada or spata ‘sword’ + fora Sicilian form of fuori ‘outside’ used in the sense ‘drawn unsheathed sword’ presumably to denote a bold or contentious person. habitational name from Spadafora in Messina province Sicily named in the 7th century for a feudal family bearing this name. possibly in some instances an occupational name from late Greek spathēphoros ‘police officer’ literally ‘sword-bearer’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022