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4/22/2025, 4:41 PM jocatchi
4/19/2025, 11:09 PM jocatchi
5/10/2014, 8:28 AM anonymous

Name Puleo
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Sicilian
Other Forms FormsPuleio
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

Derived from Sicilian pule(i)o (from Latin pulegium) "pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)", an herb in the mint family historically used in medicine and as a flea repellent. Possibly a metonymic occupational name for an herbalist.
Added 5/10/2014 by anonymous