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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish and Italian : from the personal name Celio, probably from Latin Caelius.
  • Southern Italian : nickname from southern dialect (Sicily) cèliu ‘inconsistent’, ‘changeable’, or from Calabrian céliu ‘having a squint’, ‘cross-eyed’.

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