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SCELFI | SCELFO

Scelfi is unique, Scelfo is typically Sicilian Palermitano, Palermo, Alimena, Petralia Sottana, Petralia Soprana and Castellana Sicula, it could be a dialectal alteration of the Hebrew name Sheleph meaning the one who frees you, who leads you Out of trouble, or the Arab name Shefi (mediator).

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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