SURNAMES IN ITALY

Colaleo

This form is a variant of the surname Caruleo.

Origin and meaning

It comes from the Greek Calò Leòn, "Leo the good", according to V. Blunda. The form is a compound of the prefix kalo-, "good" or "beautiful", with the personal name Leo, and motivated the surname as a laudatory nickname applied to an ancestor. The l of the original appears in the Sicilian surname turned into r, leaving the first element less transparent.

Variants

Geographic distribution: Sicily

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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:

  • Blunda, V. (2018). Supposte origini dei cognomi in Sicilia [Digital edition]. Retrieved from https://www.trapaninostra.it