Maldonado Family History
Maldonado Name Meaning
Spanish and Portuguese:: nickname from a compound of mal ‘badly’ + donado ‘given endowed’ (past participle of donar ‘to give to bestow’) or directly from Latin male donatus ‘ill favored’. habitational name from Maldonado a village in the province of Albacete (Spain). Compare Baldonado and Maldonaldo .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022