Show ContentsCrivelli History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Crivelli surname is from the word "crivello," in turn derived from the Latin "cribrum", meaning "sieve," and as such, it was likely originally an occupational name for a maker or user of sieves.

Early Origins of the Crivelli family

The surname Crivelli was first found in Milan (Italian: Milano, Milanese: Milan), the second-most populous city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy where an ancient and noble family of this name have long existed. The first on record is Assuano Crivelli, Archbishop of Milan from 566 to 567, and later sainted.

The family continued to produce powerful ecclesiastics, and Uberto Crivelli (1120-1187) was appointed Cardinal in 1182 and Archbishop (1185) of Milan, before being made Pope Urbano III (1185-1187). His short papacy was noted for his feud with the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who had earlier sacked Milan.

Early History of the Crivelli family

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Crivelli Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Crivelli, Crivella, Crivellini, Crivello, Crivelloni, Crivellucci and many more.

Early Notables of the Crivelli family

Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was

  • a family of Venetian painters, which included brothers Carlo Crivelli (c.1430-1493), whose works include the "Virgin and Child" in the Cathedral at Anscoli, and Vittore Crivelli (c.1444-1501). Lodriso...
  • Lucrezia Crivelli (1452-1508), a mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan
  • Arcangelo Crivelli (1546-1617) was an Italian composer, who was a singer (1568) and maestro di cappella (1569-1575) at the Steccata church in Parma. Giovanni Battista Crivelli (d. 1652) was an Italian...
  • he was a court musician for Maximilian I of Bavaria, and later maestro di cappella at Milan Cathedral (1638-1642). Alexander Crivello, Count of Lomello (Pavia) was a Cardinal. Guiseppe-Angelo Crivelli...
  • Alberto Crivelli was a later Count of Ossolaro

Migration of the Crivelli family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Crivelli, Salvatore, who arrived in America on April 3, 1885 on route to Cincinnati; Domenico Crivelli, age 34, who arrived in New York on Jan. 21, 1886 aboard the ".


Contemporary Notables of the name Crivelli (post 1700) +

  • Gaetano Crivelli (1768-1836), famous Italian tenor
  • Giuseppe Crivelli (1900-1975), Italian gold and bronze medalist rower and bobsledder who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics
  • Giovanni Crivelli (1730-1750), Italian painter of the late-Baroque who died in 1760, who specialized in animal scenes, often game in a landscape, son of the painter Angelo Maria Crivelli
  • Gaspar Crivelli (d. 1884), Italian Knight, who was Mayor of the town of Parabiago
  • Federico Javier Crivelli (b. 1982), Argentine professional footballer who has played since 2002
  • Alejandra Costamagna Crivelli (b. 1970), Chilean writer and journalist
  • Enzo Crivelli (b. 1995), French professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Caen


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