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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (Sicilian) : variant of Puleio, from Sicilian puleiu, puleu ‘fleabane’ (Mentha pulegium), a plant of the mint family, perhaps applied as an occupational name for a herbalist or seller of herbs.

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