Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cadáin
‘son of Cadán’, a rare surname from County Armagh; or of
Mac Adáin or Mac Aidín, both based on a diminutive
of the personal name Adam.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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