Gallo Family History

Italian and Spanish: nickname from gallo ‘rooster’ (from Latin gallus) given originally to a person with some of the attributes associated with a rooster as for example a powerful voice or sexual prowess. Italian: from the medieval personal name Gallo from the Latin name Gallus originally a Roman surname meaning ‘Gaul’ (see 3 below) or ‘rooster’ (see 1 above).

Italian: ethnic name from Latin Gallus for someone from France or Gaul (see Gallia). Italian: habitational name from any of numerous places called Gallo especially in southern Italy as for example Gallo Matese in Caserta province.

French (southern): of Italian origin (see above). Breton: variant of Le Gallo a diminutive of Le Gall (see Legall) a nickname for a French-speaking person in Brittany.

American shortened form of Greek Gallos a cognate of 3 above.