Cerillo Family Crest & Name History

Cerillo is best understood together with Cirillo: both are Italian spellings of one family name. Cerillo writes “e” in place of the “i” found in Cirillo, a common scribal difference. Its meaning, shared with Cirillo, is “Lordly (from Kyrillos)”. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Other spellings include Cirilli and Cirilla.

Arms linked to Cirillo and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Cerillo report, with a museum-style coat of arms.