The padula Surname
padula Name Meaning and History
- Southern Italian (Campania): habitational name from places called Padula, in Salerno and Teramo, Paduli in Benevento, or various other places, all named from a metathesized form of palude ‘swamp’.
- Polish (Padula): nickname for someone who was unsteady on his feet, from a derivative of padac ‘to fall down’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 26 - Messages: 88
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| unknown family members | Mary Elizabeth Padula | 2 |
| Arsenio Padula - Domonic Padula |
 lynnpad
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| Looking for family | Antoinette Padula | 2 |
| Padula's from Montemurro | Richard A. Matera | 6 |
| Ronald Padula of California |
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| 0 |
| Ferdinando and Angela Padula |
Collgrant
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| Daniel L. Padula obit from NY 2000 |
LauraRivers518
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| Padula-S Chirico Nuovo It. | Chuck Padula | 0 |
| Padula's from Trivigno Baslicata Itay 1800's | Diane Lesser | 7 |
| Do you know these names? |
Alphalove
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