Valla is a surname. It is Italian equivalent of Valle. It is also used as a surname in Norway referring to someone from several places or farmsteads in Nordland. It is the plural form of Old Norse word vǫllr (Norwegian: field meadow). Notable people with the surname include:
Esat Valla, Kosovar Albanian painter Gerd-Liv Valla, Norwegian trade union leader Giorgio Valla (1447–1500), scientist Kristin Valla (born 1975), Norwegian writer and journalist Kristin Hille Valla, Norwegian politician for the Centre Party Lorenzo Valla (1406–1457), Italian Renaissance era humanist Marie-Laure Valla, French set dresser and set decorator Natacha Valla, French economist Paul Vallas, American politician Spyros Vallas, Greek professional football player Trebisonda Valla (1916–2006), Italian athlete
See also Valla (disambiguation)
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