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De Chellis Surname Meaning

Italian: patronymic from the personal name Chello a short form of Rustichello itself a pet form of a nickname from rustico ‘country dweller rustic’.

It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to of’ in this case ‘member of the Chelli family’.

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Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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