Given name & surname · also Italian

Peluso

“hairy”

Peluso is a surname from Italian, ultimately from Sicilian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Peluso goes back to Sicilian pilusu, meaning “hairy.”

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Where it comes from

Peluso comes from Italian, and ultimately from Sicilian.

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How it developed

From Italian Peluso, from Sicilian Pilusu, from Sicilian pilusu (“hairy”), built from Sicilian pilu + -usu.

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