Given name & surname
Cadell
“having the spirit of battle”
Cadell is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “having the spirit of battle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “having the spirit of battle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cadell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 96 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,888 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,888 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 155 as a first name in 2020; 214 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.
Cadell’s family of names
Cadell has a related form in Cadde. Cadell has a related form in Caddell. Cadell has a related form in Cadel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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