Celebrity Baby Names: Kevin Sorbo

First name origin: English

First name meaning: Royal obligation

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Last name origin: Italian

Last name meaning: from sorbo ‘sorb apple’, the fruit of the true service tree, Sorbus domestica, edible when very ripe; hence an occupational name for a grower or seller of these fruits, a topographic name for someone who lived where service trees grew, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Sorbo Serpico (Avellino) or Sobro San Basile (Catazaro).

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