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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : patronymic from the personal name Sabello, Savello (Latin Sabellius). Sabellius (fl. 215) was an early Christian theologian who was excommunicated by Pope Calixtus I, but whose ideas enjoyed a considerable cult in the East. The name Sabellius is an ethnic term of uncertain origin.
  • Italian : habitational name from Savelli in Crotone province.

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