Coronado as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Coronado

What is the meaning of the name Coronado ?

The baby name Coronado is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish: /koɾoˈnaðo/ (ko-ro-NA-do); English approximation: /ˌkɒrəˈnɑːdoʊ/ (kor-uh-NAH-doh).

Coronado is Spanish in Origin.

Coronado is a Spanish surname-turned-given name meaning "crowned," the past participle of coronar ("to crown"), from corona ("crown"), ultimately from Latin corona. It implies one invested with honor or triumph. Related forms include Spanish Corona and Coronada (feminine adjective), Portuguese Coroado, Italian Coronato/Coronata, and Catalan Coronat/Coronada; diminutives and nicknames used in given-name contexts include Coro, Cory, and Nado.

Medieval Iberian records apply Coronado as a byname for someone garlanded in festival rites or tied to a coronation ceremony, and the surname later spread through the Spanish-speaking world. The most famous bearer is the 16th-century explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, whose expeditions gave the name wide geographic currency in the Americas. As a first name it remains rare but has seen occasional use, especially in the United States and Latin America under the surname-as-given-name trend, with Corona as a softer variant.