Mello (surname)

Mello is a Portuguese surname. Variants include Mello, de Melo or de Mello (De Melo or De Mello), D'Melo or D'Mello. Meaning "from Melo". It indicates a place name, likely derived from a town or village called Melo, in Portugal. The countries with the highest number are Brazil, Portugal and the United States.^[1]

Brazil, a former Portuguese colony, received the majority of Portuguese immigrants and is the country with the largest number of people with the surnames Melo, Mello, de Melo, de Mello (De Melo, De Mello).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Mello is a surname that was first found in Ile-de-France, at Mellun. The first records of the name was Robert of Melun (c. 1100–1167), an English-born, scholastic Christian theologian.^[6]

The Mello surname can also be of Italian, Dutch, and or Belgian origins due to migration. In some families, the Portuguese surname Melo (or De Melo) has evolved into Mello (or De Mello), due to migration and differing transcriptions.^[7]

Mello (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian footballer
Alejandro Mello (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward. Alfred Mello Music producer from South Africa in Matlelerekeng
Anna Vania Mello (born 1979), Italian volleyball player
Anthony de Mello (cricket administrator) (1900–1961), Indian cricket administrator
Anthony de Mello (Jesuit priest) (1931–1987), Jesuit priest, psychotherapist and writer
Beevan D'Mello (born 1987), Indian footballer
Branco Mello (born 1962), Brazilian rock singer/bassist
Craig Mello (born 1960), Nobel Prize winner
Danton Mello (born 1975), Brazilian actor, voice actor and comedian
Dave Mello (born 1969), American drummer of the punk/ska band Operation Ivy
Dawn Mello (1931–2020), American fashion retail executive
Dom Francisco Manuel de Mello (1608– 1666), Portuguese writer
Doug Mello, American soccer coach
Evaldo Cabral de Mello (born 1936), Brazilian historian and history writer
Fábio Jerônimo Mello (born 1971), Brazilian footballer
Fábio Mello (born 1975), Brazilian mixed martial artist
Fernando Collor de Mello (born 1949), 32nd president of Brazil
Francisco de Mello, Marquis of Terceira, Portuguese politician
Froilano de Mello (1887-1955), Goan microbiologist, professor, author and MP in the Portuguese Parliament
Ingeborg Mello (1919–2009), Argentine track and field athlete
Jeffrey Mello, American Episcopal priest (Bishop of Connecticut)
Jim Mello (1920–2006), American football player
José Celso de Mello Filho (born 1945), Brazilian jurist
Lois Snowe-Mello (1948–2016), American politician
Marco Aurélio Mello (born 1945), Brazilian jurist
Paola Mello (born 1958), Italian computer scientist
Pedro Collor de Mello (1952–1994), Brazilian politician
Raphael Mello (born 1992), Brazilian football player for FC Cesarense
Ricardo Mello (born 1980), Brazilian tennis player
Selton Mello (born 1972), Brazilian actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, editor and director
Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948–2003), Brazilian United Nations employee
Sheila Mello (born 1978), Brazilian dancer, actress and model
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), Portuguese writer
Suzanne D'Mello (born 1978), Indian singer
Tamara Mello (born 1976), American actress
Timothy J. Mello (born 1956), American mobster
Zélia Cardoso de Mello (born 1953), Brazilian economist

People with the surname

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