Cavendish
village · Suffolk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Cavendish means 'the farmstead of the Cafa family'. It is named after a personal name and a word for a farmstead.
Word origins
- Cafa
- Old Englisha personal name(from Cafa "chaff")
- dic
- Old EnglishAttestedditch, embankment(from dīc "ditch, embankment")
Historical forms
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