Surname meaning and origin
Padilla
Spanish: From a place named Padilla; literally "frying pan", used of a shallow dip in the land
Pronounced pah-DEE-yah (Spanish [paˈði.ʝa]; US English puh-DEE-uh)
Where the name comes from
- SpanishFrom a place named Padilla; literally "frying pan", used of a shallow dip in the landSpanish padilla < Latin patella, a diminutive of patina "shallow dish"Toponymic. DAFN: "habitational name from any of various minor places for example in the provinces of Burgos, Guadalajara, and Valladolid named from Spanish padilla ‘frying pan, breadpan’ (from Latin patella, a diminutive of patina ‘shallow dish’), a word that was commonly used in the topographic sense of a shallow gentle depression. In the US this surname is also found among Native Americans (mainly Pueblos)."
Padilla across traditions
- New Mexico. One of the old colonial surnames of New Mexico, listed among the early Socorro-area families.
Forms in other languages
Padillo
Padilla in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
156
Hebrew Standard
3
Hebrew Ordinal
55
English Simple
330
English Sumerian
134
English Reverse
156
Greek Isopsephy
3
Chaldean
55
Pythagorean
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