The gens Visellia was a family at ancient Rome during the late Republic and early Empire.
[1] The only praenomina associated with the Visellii appearing in history are Gaius and Lucius.
Marcus, Publius, Quintus, and Titus appear in inscriptions.
The former was a hereditary cognomen of the family, while the latter appears to have been a personal surname.
Varro originally designated a fool, or one given to foolishness, while Aculeo seems to be derived from the adjective aculeus, meaning "sharp, pointy, prickly," or "thorny," presumably a commentary on the acuteness of its bearer's mind, bestowed in contradiction to the family's hereditary surname.