Family name origins & meanings
- Southern Italian : hypercorrected form of Fianndaca, from Sicilian cannacca, çiannaca, Calabrian cannacca, fannacca denoting a necklace of gold, coral, or gems, from Arabic hannāqah, hinnāqah ‘pearl or gold necklace’, presumably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a jeweler or possibly as a nickname for someone noted for their fine jewelry.