Testa

Borrowed from Italian Testa.

Testa (plural Testas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Testa is the 4084^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8694 individuals. Testa is most common among White (91.36%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Testa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Tates, Teats, State, teats, state, Tetas, taste, atest, aetts, Satet

From testa (“head”), hence a nickname for an exceptionally clever person or for a person with a remarkably large head.

Testa m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024

From testa (“brick, tile”).

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.ta/, [ˈt̪ɛs̠t̪ä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.ta/, [ˈt̪ɛst̪ä]

Testa m sg (genitive Testae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gaius Trebatius Testa, a Roman jurist

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Testa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.