Falla Family History
Falla Name Meaning
Spanish and Catalan: probably a nickname from Catalan falla ‘torch’ or ‘bonfire’ (in particular one which was lit in the streets of a city on public festivals) or a metonymic occupational name for one who lit such a bonfire. Spanish: perhaps also a nickname from falla ‘flaw error doubt’ (from Latin falla). Channel Islands (Guernsey): perhaps a nickname related to Guernsey French falle ‘(bird's) crop throat’. Scottish: from any of various places in Midlothian and Lanarkshire named Falla Fala or Fallaw especially Fala in Midlothian from Old English fāg ‘variegated multicolored’ + hlaw ‘hill’. Norwegian: habitational name from a farm so named in southeastern Norway so named from fall ‘fall’ probably with reference to the site of a landside or to tree felling.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
