Lelio

Lelio is a male given name and family name.

origin

Lelio is the Italian form of the Roman gentile name Laelius. The Portuguese form of the name is Lélio .

variants

• Lälius (German)

Name bearer

First name

• Lelio Colista (1629–1680), Italian composer and lutenist
• Lelio Della Torre (1805–1871), Italian Jewish scholar and Hebrew poet
• Lélio Gama (1892–1981), Brazilian mathematician, astronomer and geophysicist
• Lelio Orci (1937–2019), Italian medic
• Lelio Sozzini (1525–1562), Italian humanist and Unitarian theologian
• Lelio Spannocchi (1911–1986), Austrian politician and state official

Family name (Lelio, also Di Lelio)

• Loretta di Lelio (1918–2013), Italian opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
• Sebastián Lelio (* 1974), Chilean film director and screenwriter
• Umberto di Lelio (1890–1946), Italian opera singer (bass) and vocal teacher

See also

• Lélio ou Le retour à la vie , composition by Hector Berlioz