The name Maldonado derives from the ancient lineage Galician of Aldana, this in turn comes from King Theodoric of the Ostrogoths.

King Theodoric was of the lineage of the Amalo who fought the Huns, the father of King Theodoric was Teodomiro Todman.

Theodoric was educated in Rome where he was taken in the year 462, the Visigoths relations become stable jurisdiction. Theodoric was Almar tutor who would be King of Spain. On the death of Theodoric divided the Goth and Visigoth kingdom.

A son named Theodoric Serum d settled in Galicia and in the region founded the house of Aldana, which subsequently leads to the surname Maldonado.

Don Hernan Perez de Aldana was the first to use the surname Maldonado, during the reign of Alfonso VIII of Castile.