Branca Family History
Branca Name Meaning
Italian: from branca ‘claw hand’ hence a nickname for someone with a deformity of the hand or possibly for a grasping person. Italian: from a short form of a compound personal name such as Brancaleone (‘lion's paw’). Portuguese: habitational name from any of the places called Branca or possibly a nickname from the feminine form of Portuguese branco ‘white’. See Branco .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022