Palo Family History

Finnish: habitational name from farms so named from palo ‘burnt land field cleared by burning’ often as a shortening of a nearby placename such as Palomäki (with mäki ‘hill’) and Palojärvi (with järvi ‘lake’). Mainly found in western Finland especially in southern Ostrobothnia Tavastia and western Lapland.

Italian: habitational name from any of several places so named for instance Palo del Colle in Bari province or Portopalo in Syracuse province Sicily. Italian: possibly a nickname from palo ‘pole’ used to denote a tall and thin person.

Slovak (Paľo): from a pet form of the personal name Pavol an equivalent of Paul.