Last name origin & meaning: Italian (also La Mendola): nickname or more often a habitational name from places named with the dialect term amendola, mendola, mendula ‘almond’ (also ‘almond tree’).This name is widespread in the south and in Sicily.talian (also La Mendola): nickname or more often a habitational name from places named with the dialect term amendola, mendola, mendula ‘almond’ (also ‘almond tree’). This name is widespread in the south and in Sicily.