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.