Corrado
An Italian surname from the old personal name Corrado, meaning “bold counsel.”
The #8,242 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 76,783 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Corrado is an Italian surname derived from the medieval given name Corrado, the Italian form of Conrad. That name goes back to Germanic elements commonly explained as meaning “counsel” and “bold” or “brave.” In practice, the surname began as a family-name from an ancestor’s personal name rather than from a place or trade.
History
The name is long established in Italy and appears in older surname lists as an Italian form alongside related Germanic-name equivalents. It spread through Italian migration, especially to the Americas, where it remains an uncommon but well-attested surname. Variant spellings reflect different regional and orthographic forms of the same underlying given name.
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Fun fact
Corrado is part of a widespread European naming family: English Conrad, German Konrad, and Italian Corrado all go back to the same Germanic personal name.
From the historical record
“18 American Surnames. Capello, Cliento, Catena, Corrado, Caverno, - Castello, Castelli, Castella, Castellani, Castellanos, - Clarius, Clericus, Candidas, Copia, Corpora, Citius, Caraella, Campana, Caliga, Campes- tra, - Copit, Clavis, Carnis, Collis, Capto, Custos, Calor, Civis, - Comes, Comitis, Comito, Comity, -…”
— A Grammar of American Surnames