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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Lelio m. Latin Laelius, a Roman nomen of uncertain meaning.

The name appears in Latin inscriptions in southern Gaul in the 1st and early 2nd C (Gavrielatos p. 207).

Italy
Latin
1527 Lelij (gen) Rome1527 p. 89, Lelius (nom) ibid. p. 85
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Lelio". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Lelio.