Cail Family History
Cail Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Kehl or Keil or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname. Compare Cale and Kail . English: variant of Cale or Kail or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname. In some cases possibly also French: topographic name a cognate of Caille 1 or a metonymic occupational name for a dairy worker from Occitan calh ‘curds’ (from Latin coagulum from coagulāre ‘to congeal’); compare Caille
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022