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Cade.

A surname

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/keɪd/

  1. A surname

  2. A surname An English metonymic surname originating as an occupation for a cooper.

  3. A surname A surname transferred from the given name

  4. A surname A surname from French

  5. A male given name

  6. A male given name A male given name transferred from the surname.

Where this word comes from

* As an English surname, from an old personal name Cada, from a Germanic root meaning "lump, swelling" and perhaps related to the next sense. * Also as an English occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French cade (“barrel, cask”), from Latin cadus. * Also as an English surname, from the noun cade (sense 1) (“domestic animal”). * As a French surname, spelling variant of Cadé, from cade (“juniper”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.