Melillo Family History
Melillo Name Meaning
Italian (southern):: from a pet form of Meli . from the Neapolitan dialect word melillo ‘crab apple’ hence a nickname possibly for someone with a sour disposition a topographic name or a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of apples. possibly a regularized form of Melilli a habitational name from a place so named in Siracusa Sicily.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022