Pata Family History
Pata Name Meaning
Italian (Calabria and Sicily): of Greek origin unexplained. Italian (Piedmont and Liguria): topographic name from pata ‘mud mire; marshy place’ and possibly also a nickname from Ligurian and Piedmontese dialect pata ‘rag piece of threadbare fabric’. Albanian: nickname from patë (definite form pata) ‘goose’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022