Padfield Family History
Padfield Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire (or some other minor place with the same name) named in Old English with the personal name Pad(d)a or padde ‘toad’ + feld ‘open country field’. Alternatively the surname may be topographic from Middle English pad(e) ‘toad frog’ + feld for someone who lived at or by a place frequented by toads or frogs.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022