American Family Name Origins:
Cadavid
Frequency: (112)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Galician (also Cadavide): unexplained, probably a topographic name, related to cádavo, cádava ‘stump of a burned tree or bush’.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 57%. Luis (5), Jose (4), Alvaro (3), Gonzalo (3), Carlos (2), Jaime (2), Luz (2), Rosalba (2), Ana, Aracelly, Blanca, Cesar.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
