The cail Surname
cail Name Meaning and History
- in Normandy and Picardy, a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of stony soil, from Old Norman French cail(ou) ‘pebble’, ‘stone’ (of Celtic origin).
- in southern France, a metonymic occupational name for a dairy worker, from Occitan cail ‘curds’ (Latin coagulum, from coagulare to congeal).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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