Priolo Family History
Priolo Name Meaning
Italian:: (southern Calabria and Sicily): from priòlu southern Italian derivative of Greek priolos ‘prior; lay authority’ (itself a derivative of Latin prior) applied as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a prior or as a metonymic occupational name for a servant of a prior or some important lay personage. Compare Priore . habitational name from Priolo Gargallo in Siracusa province Sicily.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022