Cialona
This form is a variant of the 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).
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.