Caille Family History
Caille Name Meaning
French:: topographic name for a person living on a patch of pebbly or stony soil from Old French caillou ‘pebble stone’ a word of Celtic origin. Compare Lacaille metonymic occupational name for someone who caught and sold quails from Old French caille ‘quail’ (from Latin quaccula). Compare Lacaille (Caillé): metonymic occupational name for a dairy worker from caillé ‘curds’ the past participle of the verb cailler ‘to curdle’ (from Latin coagulare ‘to congeal’); compare Cail 3 and Caillier Compare also Cayer 1 and Currier
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022