Surname: Maidana species of plant with small leaves, branches long with good smell, and great for seasoning food. In Sardinian-Italian: Maidana: zenia erba of the fozighedhas minudas azummai tundhas the rampighedhos longhitos, unu Pagu corcados of Bellu fragu, the bona cundhire mànigos. It is a Sardinian-Italian surname. In Portuguese it means marjoram! Dizionario UNIVERSALE DELLA LANGUAGE ITALIANO DI SARDEGNA-SARDO-MODERN ITALIAN ANTICO and