The ferrara Surname
ferrara Name Meaning and History
Southern Italian: topographic name for someone who lived by a forge
or iron workings, from ferrara, Latin ferraria, a
derivative of ferrum ‘iron’, or a habitational name from the
provincial capital of Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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