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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : Venetian variant of Fellino, Fellini, from a pet form of Fel(l)o, a short form of the personal name Raffaello (see Raphael).
  • Swedish : ornamental name, probably from a place-name element cognate with English Fell + the Swedish adjectival suffix -in, based on Latin -inius.

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