How the name of our barangay got its name are derived from major situations.

1. Geographical Location
2. Biological Abundance
3. What we have and are know for
4. Honor & Tribute to a rich and influencial person

Umapad before it was habited, was a vast land filled with marsh. So the early settlers of the place called the area Pilapil or in english, marshlands.

As time passed by, the name pilapilan changed. This was due to the fact that there were no longer marshlands anymore but the presence of rice and corn fields instead. So when the settlers at that time referred to the place, they wouldn’t call it pilapilan anymore but umahan meaning cultivated fields.

By the middle of the century, people were amazed to see large heavy equipment’s moving and a hundred workers digging up a huge canal along the northern part of Barangay Pilapil from where the fields were located. The great canal that was to divert the river water from Opao was being constructed. Instead from turning right to Barangay Opao, the river would cut straight into Barangay Pilapil down into the sea. These made the people in the barangay happy for there was water now for their fields and accessibility for washing clothes and taking a bath. The fields were ripe for harvest because of the presence of water.

So during the registration of the barangay by the late 1960’s, Barangay Pilapil name was not registered as Pilapil but instead registered as Barangay Umapad coming from the word umahan. The pilapil has been retained by the old – timers only as a sitio.