Morreale is a surname of Italian origin. It is a habitational name derived from Monreale, a town in the province of Palermo, Sicily. The word Monreale itself is derived from the words monte and reale, meaning "royal mountain".Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Notable people with the name include:
Mike Morreale (born 1971), Canadian football player
See also Gabriella Morreale de Escobar (1930–2017), Italian-born Spanish chemist
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