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Costello.

A surname from Irish.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/kɑˈstɛloʊ/US/ˈkɑstəloʊ/Ireland
  1. A surname from Irish.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A locality in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia, named after John Costello (pastoralist).

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

* As an Irish surname, reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Oisdealbhaigh (“son of Oisdealbhach”), a personal name composed of the elements os (“deer”) and dealbhach (“resembling, in the form of”). * As an Italian surname, Americanized from Castello. * As a Serbo-Croatian or Slovene surname, Americanized from Kostelec, Kostevc, from Kostelsko region in Lower Carniola, named after Kostel Castle, from earlier Costel, Slavicized from Latin castrum (“fortress”), hence related to the Italian above.

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