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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : nickname, probably for someone with fair hair or a blond beard, from falbo ‘pale yellow’, usually applied to the color of an animal’s coat, from medieval Latin falvus ‘tawny’, usually applied to the color of an animal’s coat. Compare Sicilian farbu ‘blond’, ‘reddish’.

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