Surname Palombo
Origin and meaning
Typical surname of Lazio, especially frequent in the provinces of Rome, Latin and Frosinone, is found in some isolated communes of Grosseto, Molise and Campania. Derivaría a nickname linked to the dialect word 'palumbo' (colombo in Italian), used as a medieval name, attributed mainly to abandoned children with meaning of "purity and innocence like a dove", in the line of surnames as Colombo in Lombardy . Another hypothesis states that it would derive from the medieval profession of pigeon breede
💡 The surname Palombo also appears as variant of the surname Palumbo in other studies consulted in this project.
Geographic distribution: some isolated communes of Grosseto, Molise and Campania
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Sources
This entry of the Italian Surname Meanings dictionary is based on the following specialized onomastic sources:
- Research conducted by Surnames in Italy, the English-language project of Ancestros Italianos, based on the bibliography cited in the references.