English, from Welsh: from the Welsh personal name Caradog
meaning ‘amiable’. A British bearer of this name is recorded in the
Latin form Cara(c)tacus and remembered for his leadership of a
revolt against the Roman occupation in the 1st century ad.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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