Cadiou Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

French birth records list 5,506 children named Cadiou between 1891 and 2000.

Family crest and blazon

Sharing the Cadiou name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Researching the origin

Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes. No reliable dictionary entry explains Cadiou, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

The Cadiou family name is well attested in modern population records. Want more than a summary? See the Cadiou family name pack.