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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from a personal name derived from tortora ‘turtle dove’ (from Latin turtur, genitive turturis), symbolizing innocence and purity. Compare Turtle 2.
  • Italian : habitational name from Tortora in Cosenza province.

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