SURNAMES IN ITALY

Surname Celona

Origin and meaning

Surname of Greek-Byzantine origin, present in the province of Reggio Calabria (Bruzzano and Bovalino area) and in the province of Catanzaro (Girifalco); also Sicilian. In the Calabrian dialect celòna means "tortoise", from the Greek χελώνη. Rohlfs refers to Cilona (see).

💡 The surname Celona also appears as altered form of the surname Cèli; also variants of the surnames Celone and Cilona in other studies consulted in this project.

Variants

Geographic distribution: Calabria

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This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary integrates the information available in specialized onomastic studies.

Sources

This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:

  • Rohlfs, G. (1974). Dizionario onomastico e toponomastico della Calabria: Prontuario filologico-geografico della Calabria. Longo Editore. Rohlfs, G. (1984). Dizionario storico dei cognomi della Sicilia orientale: Repertorio storico-etimologico. Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani.