Given name & surname
Cada
“a warring man”
Cada is a variant of Cadda. One English interpretation is “a warring man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cada is a variant of Cadda. One English interpretation is “a warring man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cada is a variant of Cadda. An origin associated with Cadda is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 582 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cada’s family of names
Cada has a related form in Cadda. In Old English usage, Cada has a related form in Ceadda. In English usage, Cada as a surname was borrowed from the Czech form Čada.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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