Spanish: from cordero ‘young lamb’ (Latin cordarius,
a derivative of cordus ‘young’, ‘new’), hence a metonymic
occupational name for a shepherd, or alternatively a nickname meaning
‘lamb’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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