Padula Family History
Padula Name Meaning
Italian (Campania): habitational name from any of the places so named for example in Salerno and Teramo or from any of the many places called Padule notably in Tuscany all deriving their names from a metathesized form of palude ‘swamp’. Compare La Padula . Polish (Paduła): nickname for someone who was unsteady on his feet from a derivative of padać ‘to fall down’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022