The caddell Surname
caddell Name Meaning and History
Welsh: from an Old Welsh personal name, Cadell, formed with
Welsh cad ‘battle’. It was popular in the Middle Ages as a
result of the fame of Cadell ab Urien, a 7th-century saint who founded
the chapel of Llangadell (‘church of Cadell’) in Glamorgan. The
surname is also found in Scotland and Ireland; in Scotland it is a
variant of Calder.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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