Släkthistoria för Cefalo
Cefalo Vad efternamn betyder
Italian (Calabria):: from Greek kephalē ‘head’ applied as a nickname probably for someone whose head was of a distinctive shape or size (compare Kefalas). The word also denotes a kind of mullet and may have been a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman. unflattering nickname for a stupid person from medieval Latin cephalus of the same etymology as 1 above.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
