La Guardia, New York, the airport, the man, the meaning of the name

La Guardia or Laguardia? The name is Italian and Spanish for the guard. Sometimes the name seems to be two words and sometimes it seems to be run together into one.

Here's the mayor of New York named Fiorello Laguardia.

The name will sound familiar to anybody who has been to La Guardia airport in New York, which is named after the mayor of that surname.  My earlier post tells you more about the mayor.