Cordero Family History
Cordero Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Juan, Luis, Manuel, Francisco, Jesus, Pedro, Rafael, Ana, Miguel, Ramon.
Spanish:
from cordero ‘young lamb’ (from Latin cordarius, a derivative of cordus ‘young, new’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, or alternatively a nickname meaning ‘lamb’.
possibly also an occupational name for a cordmaker, derived from corda ‘rope’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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