Bello

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A young man; sweetheart.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian bello (“man; fella”). Doublet of beau.

Etymology 2

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the adjective bello (“handsome, beautiful”). * As a Catalan surname, shortened from Abello. * As a Galician surname, variant of Vello, either a variant of Vela or from Latin vetulus. * As a Assyrian/Chaldean (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) surname, from the name of the ancient king Βῆλος (Bêlos). * As a west African surname, Yola and Hausa variant of Ballo (see Barro).

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