Maglio Family History
Maglio Name Meaning
Italian:: from maglio ‘mallet (for killing cattle)’ (from Latin malleus ‘hammer’) presumably applied as a nickname for a slaughterer. habitational name from any of the places so named for example in the provinces of Padova Mantova Como and Vicenza. from the Latin personal name Maglius Mallius recorded in medieval Tuscany.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022