Tracing the Prados Family Name

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Family name meaning

Prados sits within the Prado family of names, which has Spanish roots. Taken at its root, Prados points to “Meadow”.

The extra “s” in Prados is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Related forms: Prada and Del Prado. In the Spanish register, Prados appears 8,307 times as a first surname and 8,028 times as a second one. French birth records list 187 children named Prados between 1891 and 2000. Prados sounds close to Pardos and Paradis, so it can help to search both.

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