CADE

An old word for a barrel or cask; probably taken from a sign at an ale-house or tavern--"John at the Cade." Shakspeare uses Cade in this sense: "Cade.--We, John Cade, so termed of our supposed father. Dick.--Or rather of stcaling a cade of herrings!" Hen. VI., Act IV., Sc. II.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

CADE. See illustrations of this name in Bug. Surn. i. 112. 202. Notwitlistanding Sliakspeare's allusion, it may be doubted whether the name is derived from cade, a barrel. Several Cades are mentioned in H.R. "Without prefix.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.