Padila Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Some records give Padilla; others give Padila. Both point to the same Spanish family name. The name is usually explained as “frying pan" or "from Padilla”.

• Padila drops the “l” of Padilla, a shortening that clerks often made.
• Other spellings include Patilla.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Heraldry and the Padila name

Arms linked to Padilla and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Padila family name pack.