Given name & surname

Cadbury

“fortified place”

Cadbury is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cadbury goes back to Old English byriġ, meaning “fortified place.”

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Where it comes from

Cadbury comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English byriġ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Cadbury, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English · Royal

Kingsbury

“king's” · “fort, manor, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Ashbury

“ash tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Albury

“old” · “fort”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Old English

Coventry

Coventry is a surname.

No U.S. birth series

20% boys · 80% girls

Old English

Astbury

“east”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Hanbury

“descendant of Ainmhire”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Marbury

“pool, lake”

No U.S. birth series

46% boys · 54% girls

Old English · Nature

Calderbrook

“River Calder” · “brook”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Cadbury’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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