"Cade" meaning in English

See Cade in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /keɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cade.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Cades [plural], Caid [alternative], Caide [alternative], Cayde [alternative], Kade [alternative], Kaid [alternative], Kaide [alternative], Kayde [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: * 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|fro|cade|t=barrel, cask}} Old French cade (“barrel, cask”), {{der|en|la|cadus}} Latin cadus, {{der|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Cade (plural Cades)
  1. A surname
    Sense id: en-Cade-en-name-iong5iVh Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 24 25 14 10 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 23 16 7 20
  2. A surname
    An English metonymic surname originating as an occupation for a cooper.
    Sense id: en-Cade-en-name-J4Z-l3m8 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 47 19 6 7 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 24 25 14 10 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 23 16 7 20
  3. A surname
    A surname transferred from the given name
    Sense id: en-Cade-en-name-UwktfSuA Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 24 25 14 10 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 23 16 7 20
  4. A surname
    A surname from French
    Sense id: en-Cade-en-name-EXu~EjP9 Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 24 25 14 10 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 23 16 7 20
  5. A male given name
    Sense id: en-Cade-en-name-YXBLU7xd Categories (other): English given names, English male given names
  6. A male given name
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
    Sense id: en-Cade-en-name-0xA8miNi Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 24 25 14 10 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 22 23 16 7 20
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