Badena last name
Curious about the last name Badena. It is my mother's surname and we've never met another family of the same name. My mother is from Mexico, but her father has European ancestry. Any knowledge?? Would be grateful for any response.
vote up1vote down

Replies

badena is our last name and we came family came from mexico, Our father was born in aguascalientes mexico.
vote up1vote down
Badena is a Catalan name which is most probably related to Bádenas which comes from a placename you can situate at http://is.gd/dYzMc.
vote up1vote down
However this surname at the moment is more common in Poland than in Spain. It is beared exactly in central Poland. A slavic form of a surname like Baden, a german surname?
vote up1vote down
It could be a variant of spanish form like Badenas. A place name originally meaning "pool"
vote up1vote down
Thanks! It may be Spanish. I know my great-grandmother was a Spanish immigrant, but my great-grandfather's lineage is unknown. My grandfather was an orphan at a very young age and doesn't really talk about his biological parents or childhood.
vote up1vote down