Valla is a surname. It is Italian equivalent of

Valle Valle may refer to: * Valle (surname) Geography *"Valle", the cultural and climatic zone of the dry subtropical Interandean Valles of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina *University of Valle, a public university in Cali, Colombia ...

. It is also used as a surname in Norway referring to someone from several places or farmsteads in

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

. It is the plural form of

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

word ''vǫllr'' (Norwegian: field meadow). Notable people with the surname include: *

Esat Valla Esat Valla (born 22 April 1944) is a Kosovar Albanian painter noted for his figurative paintings of small animals or insects such as butterflies and birds. Life Esat Valla was born on 22 April 1944 in Gjakova, where he attended primary school. ...

, 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 Kristin Hille Valla (born 31 December 1944 in Årdal) is a Norwegian politician in the Centre Party. Biography From 1989 to 1990, while the cabinet Syse held office, Hille Valla was appointed Minister of the Environment. On the local level sh ...

, 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 Paul Gust Vallas (born June 10, 1953) is an American politician and former superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools and the Recovery School District of Louisiana, former CEO of both the School District of Philadelphia and the Chicago Public ...

, American politician *

Spyros Vallas Spyros Vallas ( gr, Σπύρος Βάλλας; born 26 August 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer. Vallas, a defender, started his career at Skoda Xanthi, and transferred to Olympiacos in July 2003. He played for Larissa on loan fo ...

, Greek professional football player *

Trebisonda Valla Trebisonda "Ondina" Valla (20 May 1916 – 16 October 2006) was an Italian female athlete, and the first Italian woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal. She won it in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, after establi ...

(1916–2006), Italian athlete

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valla Italian-language surnames Norwegian toponymic surnames

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