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grilli Name Meaning and History

  1. patronymic or plural form of the nickname Grillo.
  2. possibly a reduced form of the compound name Mazzagrilli, meaning ‘kill the crickets’, i.e. an ironic nickname for a idler.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of grilli Families in the US in 1920
Number of grilli families
 6-10
 3-5
 1-2
 0
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