Given name & surname · also Italian

Grillo

“cricket”

Grillo is a surname from Italian, ultimately from Sicilian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Grillo goes back to a word meaning “cricket.”

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Where it comes from

Grillo comes from Italian, and ultimately from Sicilian.

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How it developed

From Italian Grillo.

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Grillo’s family of names

In English usage, Grillo as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with AGRILLO.

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