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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (Medellín) : habitational name from a place so named in Badajoz province, Latin (Caecilia) Metellina, derived from the name of a 1st-century Roman proconsul in Spain, Cecilio Metello Pio.

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