Pegados Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Pegado could easily become Pegados. Read literally, Pegados points to “Stuck / attached”.

Pegados coat of arms

Arms linked to Pegado and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Pegados adds “s” to Pegado, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Research your Pegados family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.