Tenaglia

Borrowed from Italian Tenaglia.

Tenaglia (plural Tenaglias)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tenaglia is the 26391^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 925 individuals. Tenaglia is most common among White (95.68%) individuals.

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

• agenital, agential, alginate, galatine

From tenaglia (“pincers”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of pincers, or alternatively a nickname of some sort.

Tenaglia m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

• gelatina, lagniate, tenalgia