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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : probably a Castilian variant of Galician carabelo ‘basket’ and hence a metonymic occupational name for a basket maker.
  • Italian (Sicily) : from a diminutive of carabba ‘wine carrier’ (from Arabic qarābah) or a nickname from a Sicilian bird name, carabbeddu.
  • Italian : from the female personal name Carabella, composed of the elements cara ‘dear’ + bella ‘beautiful’.

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