Novello Family History
Novello Name Meaning
Italian: from the nickname and personal name Novello ‘new young’. As a nickname it may have denoted a newcomer to an area from a diminutive of nuovo ‘new’ or been used to distinguish the younger of two bearers of the same personal name in the same family; as a personal name it may have been bestowed on the youngest son or one born following the death of an older child. In some instances it may represent a short form of the medieval personal name Bonnovello. Catalan (Novelló): from a diminutive of Novell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022