Given name & surname · also French
Cadillac
Cadillac is a surname from French, ultimately from Occitan. It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Cadillac comes from French, and ultimately from Occitan.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Cadillac as a surname developed from Cadilhac.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cadillac through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cadillac’s family of names
In English usage, Cadillac as a surname developed from the Occitan form Cadilhac. In French usage, Cadillac as a surname was borrowed from the Occitan form Cadilhac.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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