English, Scottish, and Irish: probably a habitational name from a
place in England or Scotland named with Old English cald ‘cold’
+ feld ‘open country’. There is a Cauldfield near Langholm in
Dumfriesshire which is a probable source of the name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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