2007-02-14 03:07:01 · 6 answers · asked by Marlin 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Originally Italian, but came to Ireland and other places a long time ago. So it is an Irish surname in that it has been there a long time. Just as David is an English first name even though it existed in other languages before English.
It doesn't mean it need have Italian roots though. Just as African Americans often have Welsh and Irish surnames, so too serfs could take on surnames of vassals in Medieval Ireland.
2007-02-15 01:18:30 · answer #1 · answered by dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boys: Alan - 'handsome or peaceful' Alpin - 'attractive' Banning - 'fair and small' Brady / Bradaigh - 'spirited' Caeoimhin - 'gentle Eoghan - 'born of the yew tree' Kellen - 'mighty warrior' Guy - 'sensible' Hoyt - 'spirit or mind' Girls: Keavy - 'gentleness, beauty, grace' Kevyn, Keva - 'beautiful' Kiley, Kyli, Kylee - 'attractive' Ryann (feminine version of ryan) - 'little ruler' Abaigeal - 'father's joy' Aingeal - 'messenger' Bevin - 'lady with a sweet song' Ursula - 'little bear' Vanessa - 'butterfly' Surenames: 1 Murphy 2 Kelly 3 O'Sullivan 4 Walsh 5 Smith 6 O'Brien 7 Byrne 8 Ryan 9 O'Connor 10 O'Neill 11 O'Reilly 12 Doyle 13 McCarthy 14 Gallagher 15 O'Doherty 16 Kennedy 17 Lynch 18 Murray 19 Quinn 20 Moore 21 McLoughlin 22 O'Carroll 23 Connolly 24 Daly 25 O'Connell 26 Wilson 27 Dunne 28 Brennan 29 Burke 30 Collins 31 Campbell 32 Clarke 33 Johnston 34 Hughes 35 O'Farrell 36 Fitzgerald 37 Brown 38 Martin 39 Maguire 40 Nolan 41 Flynn 42 Thompson 43 O'Callaghan 44 O'Donnell 45 Duffy 46 O'Mahony 47 Boyle 48 Healy 49 O'Shea 50 White 51 Sweeney 52 Hayes 53 Kavanagh 54 Power 55 McGrath 56 Moran 57 Brady 58 Stewart 59 Casey 60 Foley 61 Fitzpatrick 62 O'Leary 63 McDonnell 64 MacMahon 65 Donnelly 66 Regan 67 Donovan 68 Burns 69 Flanagan 70 Mullan 71 Barry 72 Kane 73 Robinson 74 Cunningham 75 Griffin 76 Kenny 77 Sheehan 78 Ward 79 Whelan 80 Lyons 81 Reid 82 Graham 83 Higgins 84 Cullen 85 Keane 86 King 87 Maher 88 MacKenna 89 Bell 90 Scott 91 Hogan 92 O'Keeffe 93 Magee 94 MacNamara 95 MacDonald 96 MacDermott 97 Molony 98 O'Rourke 99 Buckley 100 O'Dwyer There are loads more, hope i've helped a little bit.
2016-05-23 22:13:45 · answer #2 · answered by Audrey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Marlin,
Swyrich.com says Irish and Italian:
" Costello
Irish Italian(2 origins available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Costello, MacCostello, Costillo, Costallo, Kostello, McCostello, Caustello, Costellow and many more.
First found in county Mayo where they were granted lands by the Earl of Pembroke in the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1172.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Honor Costello who landed in America in 1756; Bernard, Cornelius, Edward, Hugh, J.B. James, John, John B. Lawrence, Mark, Michael, Neal, Patrick, Peter, Philip, Thomas, Timothy, and William Costello, all landed in Philadelphia Pa. between 1833 and 1874."
Above is the Irish description. You can validate this by looking in the LDS Family Search site to see that there are infact ancestors that originate there long ago. There are 314 entries at the Family Search site. Many of them are IRISH.
2007-02-14 05:23:54 · answer #3 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irish and Italian. More commonly Irish
2007-02-14 16:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by dutch132004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's Italian.
2007-02-14 03:14:11 · answer #5 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's Italian. = )
2007-02-14 03:15:00 · answer #6 · answered by Miss*Curious 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋