Cade

• rare: Caide, Kade, Kayde

• IPA^(key): /keɪd/

Cade

1. An English metonymic occupational surname​ for a cooper.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:

     ,Scene IV:

     Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge; / The citizens fly and forsake their houses; / The rascal people, thirsting after prey, / Join with the traitor;

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1936 Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind, Read Books 2008, →ISBN, page 26:

     They're fine lads, but if it's Cade Calvert you're setting your cap after, why, 'tis the same with me.

• CEDA, aced, dace, deca-, ecad