The dade Surname
dade Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced form of McDade, ‘son of David’.
- German: from the Frisian personal name Dode, which Bahlow explains as a form derived from baby talk.
- English (Norfolk): from Old English d?d ‘deed’, ‘exploit’, probably applied as a nickname commemorating some exploit perpetrated by the bearer or for someone noted for his derring-do. Compare Deeds.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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