What Does Padilla Mean?

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' (Latinpatella, a diminutive of patina 'shallow dish'), a word which was commonly used in the topographical sense of a gentle ...

What is a Padilla?

Padilla is a Spanish geographical or locational surname, originating from a number of different villages of that name, from the Spanish padilla, meaning "saucepan" or "bread pan," which in turn derived from the Latin patella, a diminutive of patina, or "shallow dish." In this sense, the word was used topographically to ...

Is Padilla an Italian name?

Padilla is a surname of Spanish origin.