Given name & surname
Cadwallader
Cadwallader is a masculine given name from Welsh.
Original WelshCadwaladr
Meaning & origin
Cadwallader’s family of names
In English usage, Cadwallader was borrowed from the Welsh form Cadwaladr. In English usage, Cadwallader has a related form in Cadwalladr.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cadwallader
- Cadwallader C. WashburnGeneral Mills founder and politician (1818–1882)
- Cadwallader ColdenLieutenant governor, acting governor of the Province of New York (1688-1776)
- Cadwallader D. ColdenAmerican politician (1769-1834)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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