Parola Family History

from parola ‘word’, ‘talk’, a nickname for a gossip or talkative person. shortened form of Calabrian Bomparola, a compound name composed of the elements buona ‘good’ + parola ‘word’, applied as a nickname for an honorable, trustworthy person, or as a personal name. from parola, which means ‘kettle’ in the dialect of Cremona, ‘bucket’ in that of Modena, hence probably a metonymic occupational name for someone whose work involved the use of such containers, as for example a kitchen scullion. possibly also a habitational name from Parola, a locality of Fidenza in Parma.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press