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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from the female personal name, Latin Perna. See also Perla.
  • Portuguese : habitational name from any of several places named Perna in Portugal.
  • Catalan and Portuguese : from perna ‘leg’; possibly a nickname for someone with long legs, or with a deformed or missing leg.

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