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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CADY

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

Ca-dia, in Gaelic, the house of God. There is a commonalty of Switzerland called Gotthespunt, or Casdee, i. e., the house of God. Cadie, in the Scottish, is an errand-boy, a messenger.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. English (Suffolk): probably a variant of Caddy.
2. Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Cadé (see Cade) or Cadet.
3. Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Gäde (see Gade), Göde (see Goede), or Köthe, all from the medieval personal name Godo.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)