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Family name origins & meanings
- Italian and Spanish : nickname from gallo ‘rooster’ (Latin gallus), given originally to a person with some of the attributes associated with a rooster, as for example a powerful voice or sexual prowess.
- Italian : from the medieval personal name Gallo (see Gall 2).
- Italian and Greek (Gallos) : ethnic name for someone from France or Gaul (Latin Gallus).
- Italian : habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word, especially in southern Italy, as for example Gallo Matese in Caserta province.