Surname Chirieleison
Origin and meaning
It comes from the Greek Kyrie Eleison, "Lord, have mercy on me", according to V. Blunda. The form corresponds to the Greek liturgical formula preserved in the Byzantine religious tradition and motivated the surname as a crystallisation of the ritual use applied to an ancestor for his habitual devotional practice in the Eastern rite.
Variants
Geographic distribution: Sicily
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Entry compiled from specialized sources on Italian surname studies.
Sources
This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:
- Blunda, V. (2018). Supposte origini dei cognomi in Sicilia [Digital edition]. Retrieved from https://www.trapaninostra.it