Family name origins & meanings
- Italian : diminutive of Frada, an altered form of Fruda, a nickname probably derived from Greek phrydas ‘having thick eyebrows’.
- Italian : metathesized form of Fardella, a variant of Fardello, which may be a diminutive of Faldo, a short form of a pet name ending in -faldo such as Ruffaldo.
- Italian : alternatively, from Sicilian faldella, a diminutive of falda ‘skirt’.