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Tullius
Say it: TUL-ee-us
Meaning
Roman family name of unknown origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
The family name of Cicero; its Italian form Tullio was given in Italy in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Tullio |
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Famous bearers
- Servius Tullius, legendary king of Rome
- Marcus Tullius Cicero (family name)
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
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