Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Testa
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
See also: testa
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Testa (plural Testas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Testa is the 4084th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8694 individuals. Testa is most common among White (91.36%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Testa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Remove ads
Italian
Etymology
From testa (“head”), hence a nickname for an exceptionally clever person or for a person with a remarkably large head.
Proper noun
Testa m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025
Latin
Etymology
From testa (“brick, tile”).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛs.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛs.ta]
Proper noun
Testa m sg (genitive Testae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Trebatius Testa, a Roman jurist
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Testa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads