Festa

See also: festa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Festa.

Proper noun

Festa (plural Festas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Festa is the 11925^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2626 individuals. Festa is most common among White (93.91%) individuals.

Anagrams

• fetas, TAFEs, Feast, feats, Fates, feast, fates, atefs

Italian

Etymology

Probably from the noun festa, but also seen in Medieval compounds such as Cattafesta, Carafesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.sta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: Fè‧sta

Proper noun

Festa m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Festa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 569.

Anagrams

• sfate