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VELLUSI | VELLUSO

Vellusi, very very rare, is Neapolitan, Naples in particular, Velluso it would seem specific to Naples, should derive from a nickname generated by the term dialectal vellusu (hairy), perhaps originated from the remarkable hairiness of the ancestor.

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


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