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Lapa
Say it: LAH-pah
Meaning
A Tuscan feminine of Lapo, itself a short form of Jacopo (Jacob), from Hebrew Ya'aqov, traditionally explained as 'holder of the heel' or 'supplanter'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A typical 14th-century Tuscan woman's name, found in Florentine and Sienese records.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Lapa Piagenti, mother of St Catherine of Siena
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Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
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