Palos Family History
Palos Name Meaning
Spanish: habitational name from Palos de la Frontera the port in Huelva from which it is said Columbus’ ships set sail. Hungarian (Pálos): from the personal name Pál Hungarian form of Paul . The surname Pálos is also found in Slovakia. Croatian (Paloš): from a derivative of the Hungarian form of the personal name Paul (see 2 above) or from paloš a word of Hungarian and ultimately of Turkish origin denoting a kind of sabre.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022