The padilla Surname
padilla Name Meaning and History
Spanish: habitational name from any of the various minor places,
for example in the provinces of Burgos, Guadalajara, and Valladolid,
named from Spanish padilla ‘frying pan’, ‘breadpan’ (Latin
patella, a diminutive of patina ‘shallow dish’), a word
which was commonly used in the topographical sense of a gentle
depression.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| looking for the Padilla Book | Jenny Padilla | 14 |
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| PADILLA 1 Margarito R 1903-1970 |
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| Looking for Lincoln County New Mexico Padilla Families | Salomon Padilla, Jr. | 9 |
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