Pardo (surname)
Pardo (Hebrew: פרדו) is a Spanish or Sephardi Jewish surname. The Spanish word pardo means brownish grey.[1]
According to The Jewish Encyclopedia, the surname is derived from Prado in Castile.[2] At least in the case of one Pardo family, Tzorafolk believes that the surname may have been derived from Prado del Rey in the Province of Cádiz, and that the place-name Prado is derived from the Spanish word prado, which means meadow. As with the name Castro/Crasto, letters may have become transposed according to Tzorafolk.[3]
The name belongs to Jewish people who settled due to the diaspora in the Iberian Peninsula; and today in places like Israel, Spain, Ecuador, Colombia, Curaçao, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Chile. According to The Jewish Encyclopedia, people with this surname have mostly distinguished themselves in the Levant.[2]
Traces of Jewish life are known in the Iberian Peninsula from the Romans, where those exiled Jews of Jerusalem were already in those territories, including those dubbed Pardus by the Romans themselves; however we must go back to the years after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1492), and afterwards from Portugal (1496). This diaspora within the diaspora, which gave rise to the Sephardim, led many to settle in cities in the Ottoman Empire, in many cases sponsored by the same authorities of the empire that not only were welcoming this group of immigrants, but also preferred installation in areas that had been conquered not long ago and where they wanted to strengthen its sovereignty. Due to the various persecutions by the Catholic Monarchs, many Jews were forced to leave Spain and emigrated to territories of Europe including Thessalonica, Bitola (city of ancient Republic of Macedonia), Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Serbia, and Bosnia, and after the conquest of the Americas, the new Spanish colonies. However, persecution later continued in the colonies under the Court of the Holy Office of the Inquisition.
Today this name is very common among Sephardim in Israel; other common surnames are Levy, Sarfati, Cohen, Ovadia, Albalak, Azulai, and Pinto. People with this surname flourished during the 16th–18th centuries in the Ottoman Empire, Italy, the Netherlands, England, and the Americas. Some were scattered throughout North America, where they became known as Brown or Browne.[3]
Language(s) | Spanish, Hebrew |
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Origin | |
Derivation | possibly from Prado, Castile, or Prado del Rey, Cadiz |
Meaning | Brownish grey |
Other names | |
Anglicisation(s) | Brown; Browne |
Notable people with the surname
- Al Pardo (born 1962), Spanish-born former professional baseball player
- Alejandro Pardo (born 1993), Italian motorcycle racer born in Spain
- Anselmo Pardo Alcaide (1913–1977), Spanish entomologist
- Arsenio Iglesias Pardo (born 1930), Galician (Spanish) football player and coach
- Arvid Pardo (1914–1999), Maltese diplomat and scholar born in Italy
- Bernard Pardo (born 1960), French football player
- Bernardo P. Pardo (born 1932), Filipino judge
- Bob Pardo, American military pilot known for the Pardo's Push
- Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, perpetrator of the Covina massacre
- Carlos Pardo (1975–2009), Mexican NASCAR driver
- Carlos Pardo-Villamizar, Colombian neuroscientist
- Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 1962), Mexican scientist, politician, and Mayor of Mexico City
- David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica), (c.1591–1657)
- David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Amsterdam), 17th century rabbi and grandson of the David Pardo born at Salonica.
- David Pardo (Italian rabbi), (1719–1792), rabbinical commentator and liturgical poet
- Don Pardo (1918–2014), American radio and television announcer
- Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921), Galician (Spanish) writer and scholar
- Enrique Cal Pardo (born 1922), Galician (Spanish) writer
- Felipe Pardo (born 1990), Colombian football player
- Felipe Pardo y Aliaga (1806–1868), Peruvian writer, diplomat and politician
- Frank Fernández Pardo (born 1992), Chilean football player
- Herbert Pardo (Hamburg 1887- Haifa 1974), German-born lawyer and politician
- Isaac Pardo, rabbi of Sarajevo
- Isaac Díaz Pardo (1920–2012), Galician (Spanish) artist and businessman
- Isaac J Pardo (1905–2000), Venezuelan historian and physician
- Jacinto Angulo Pardo, Cuban Minister of Internal Trade
- Jacob Pardo, 18th-century rabbi of Ragusa and Spalato
- Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843), author and preacher
- Jael de Pardo, American actress born in Colombia
- Jaime Pardo Leal (1941–1987), Colombian presidential candidate
- J. D. Pardo (born 1980), American actor
- Jimmy Pardo (born 1966), American stand-up comedian, actor, and TV host
- Jorge Pardo (artist), Cuban born artist
- Jorge Pardo (musician) (born 1955), Spanish musician
- José Pardo y Barreda (1864–1947), President of Peru
- José Antonio Pardo Lucas (born 1988), Spanish football player
- Joseph Pardo (c. 1561 – 1619), Italian rabbi and merchant
- Joseph Pardo (c. 1624 – 1677), English hazzan
- Josiah Pardo (1626–1684), Dutch rabbi
- Juan Pardo (explorer), 16th-century Spanish explorer and conquistador
- Juan Pardo de Tavera (1472–1545), Spanish cardinal and Grand Inquisitor
- Laurent Pardo (1961–2016), French bass and cello player for US singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy
- Laurent Pardo (rugby player) (born 1958), French rugby union player
- Luciano Di Pardo (born 1975), Italian long-distance runner born in Germany
- Luis Pardo (1882–1935), Chilean sailor who rescued the Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition
- Manuel Pardo (1834–1878), first civilian President of Peru
- Mariano Pardo de Figueroa (1828–1918), Spanish nobleman and philatelist
- Mario Pardo (born 1988), Chilean football player
- Mario Pardo (wrestler) (born 1984), Mexican professional wrestler
- Mercedes Pardo (1921-2005), Venezuelan painter
- Moses Pardo (died 1888), rabbi and rabbinical emissary
- Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo (born 1972), Cuban blogger
- Pável Pardo (born 1976), Mexican international football player
- Rafael Pardo Rueda (born 1953), Colombian politician
- Rob Pardo (born 1970), computer game designer (Warcraft)
- Robert E. Pardo (born 1951), American investor
- Ron Pardo, Canadian actor
- Ruben Pardo (born 1979), Mexican NASCAR driver
- Rubén Pardo (footballer) (born 1992), Spanish football player
- Sagi (Çaguy) Pardo, (around 1296) Jewish creditor of Miranda del Ebro (Burgos)
- Salvador Pardo Cruz, Cuban politician
- Sancho Pardo Donlebún (1537–1607), Spanish seafarer
- Sebastián Pardo (born 1982), Chilean football player
- Sergio Contreras Pardo (born 1983), Spanish football player
- Sharon Pardo (born 1971), Israeli academic
- Silvia Pardo (born 1941), Mexican painter
- Tamir Pardo (born 1953), former Director of the Israeli Mossad
- Thomas Pardo (died 1763), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
- Thomas Letson Pardo (1840–1925), Canadian politician
- Tomás Barros Pardo (1922–1986), Galician (Spanish) writer and painter
- Trinidad Pardo de Tavera (1857–1925), Filipino historian and physician
- Urko Rafael Pardo (born 1983), Spanish football player born in Belgium
References
- ^ "pardo". www.spanishcentral.com. Retrieved Oct 2, 2015.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Pardo". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved Feb 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Pardo (Prado) Family". 1999. Retrieved Oct 2, 2015.
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- Medardo Fraile, Samuel Ros (1904-1945): hacia una generación sin crítica, 1972.
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