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''Oistealb'' or ''Osdealv'' was the Gaelic rendering of Jocelyn.<ref name="irishtimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=History&Surname=costello&UserID=|title=Irish Ancestors/ Surnames|publisher=irishtimes.com|accessdate=2015-04-18}}</ref> The sons of Jocelyn were Philip, Gilbert, and [[William de Angulo]]. The descendants of William de Angulo (or Mac Costello) settled in Connacht and the name became Gaelicized, dropping the surname de Angulo in favor of ''Mac Oisdealb'', or Mac [C]ostello.<ref name="irishtimes"/> The [[barony of Costello]] in east [[County Mayo|Mayo]] is named from this family
''Oistealb'' or ''Osdealv'' was the Gaelic rendering of Jocelyn.<ref name="irishtimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=History&Surname=costello&UserID=|title=Irish Ancestors/ Surnames|publisher=irishtimes.com|accessdate=2015-04-18}}</ref> The sons of Jocelyn were Philip, Gilbert, and [[William de Angulo]]. The descendants of William de Angulo (or Mac Costello) settled in Connacht and the name became Gaelicized, dropping the surname de Angulo in favor of ''Mac Oisdealb'', or Mac [C]ostello.<ref name="irishtimes"/> The [[barony of Costello]] in east [[County Mayo|Mayo]] is named from this family


In Italian heraldry the title originated with the appointment of Michele (Costello) as the Consul of Belluno in northeastern Italy in 1378. <ref>http://www.heraldrysinstitute.com/cognomi/Castello/Italia/idc/20901/lang/it//ref>
In Italian heraldry the title originated with the appointment of Michele (Costello) as the Consul of Belluno in northeastern Italy in 1378. <ref>http://www.heraldrysinstitute.com/cognomi/Castello/Italia/idc/20901/lang/it//</ref>


It occasionally has been adopted as a [[pseudonym]] or [[stage name]] by famous people of Italian descent, including [[Al Costello]] (né Giacomo Costa), [[Frank Costello]] (né Francesco Castiglia), and [[Lou Costello]] (né Louis Francis Cristillo).
It occasionally has been adopted as a [[pseudonym]] or [[stage name]] by famous people of Italian descent, including [[Al Costello]] (né Giacomo Costa), [[Frank Costello]] (né Francesco Castiglia), and [[Lou Costello]] (né Louis Francis Cristillo).

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Costello
Pronunciation/kəˈstɛl/ or (especially in Ireland) /ˈkɒstəl/ or kɒ̀stɛ́lo in Italian
Language(s)English and Italian
Origin
Language(s)Irish and Latin
Word/nameMac Oisdealbhaigh and Castellum
Meaning"son of Oisdealbhach" and "small Roman detached fort or fortlet used as a watch tower or signal station"
Other names
Cognate(s)Mac Oisdealbh
See alsoMac Coisteala and Castrum

Costello is an Irish and Italian surname in the English language and Italian language.

The surname has been borne by a notable Irish family who claimed descent from Jocelyn de Angulo (fl. 1172), Anglo-Norman knight. The family first appears on record in Ireland in 1193, when the Annals of the Four Masters state: Inis Clothrann do orgain la macaibh Oisdealb, & la macaibh Conchobhair Maonmaighe. (Inishcloghbran was plundered by the sons of Osdealv, and the sons of Conor Moinmoy.)[1]

In Italy, the name originated in the Campania region and in Sicily but is now more prevalent in the northern regions of Italy. Its origins as a surname are from the medieval Latin name "Costellus". It is related to Costa, a more common Italian surname, as its diminutive. http://www.ganino.com/cognomi_italiani_c

Oistealb or Osdealv was the Gaelic rendering of Jocelyn.[2] The sons of Jocelyn were Philip, Gilbert, and William de Angulo. The descendants of William de Angulo (or Mac Costello) settled in Connacht and the name became Gaelicized, dropping the surname de Angulo in favor of Mac Oisdealb, or Mac [C]ostello.[2] The barony of Costello in east Mayo is named from this family

In Italian heraldry the title originated with the appointment of Michele (Costello) as the Consul of Belluno in northeastern Italy in 1378. [3]

It occasionally has been adopted as a pseudonym or stage name by famous people of Italian descent, including Al Costello (né Giacomo Costa), Frank Costello (né Francesco Castiglia), and Lou Costello (né Louis Francis Cristillo).

People born with the surname

People adopting the surname as a pseudonym

  • Al Costello, the ring name of Italian-Australian professional wrestler Giacomo Costa
  • Diosa Costello, American performer
  • Elvis Costello, British singer and musician (real name Declan Patrick MacManus)
  • Frank Costello, American criminal and mobster (born in Italy as Francesco Castiglia; took the Costello name in the 1920s)
  • Lou Costello, Italian-American actor and comedian (born Louis Francis Cristillo), part of Abbott and Costello

Fictional characters with the surname

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annals of the Four Masters". ucc.ie. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  2. ^ a b "Irish Ancestors/ Surnames". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  3. ^ http://www.heraldrysinstitute.com/cognomi/Castello/Italia/idc/20901/lang/it//