Cardaci Family History
Cardaci Name Meaning
Italian (Sicily):: metonymic occupational name for a wool carder from Sicilian dialect cardaci ‘teasel’ as this plant was once used to card wool. alternatively perhaps a nickname for a short or mite person from karydhaci (medieval Greek karydakion) a word denoting a little walnut and also a wren in the Greek dialect of Bova (Calabria); compare Caridi
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022