Italian and Jewish (from Italy): habitational name from the
Sicilian city of Palermo, the Greek name of which is Panormos,
from pan ‘all’ + ormos ‘gulf’, ‘bay’, probably in the
sense ‘wide gulf’, but possibly ‘well-protected bay’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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