Släkthistoria för Kedward
Kedward Vad efternamn betyder
possibly from the ancestor of the dialect word cade ‘fondling pet animal reared by hand’ which is found in the relevant counties + ward ‘guardian’. Compare Cade. However the distribution might suggest an origin in an unidentified Welsh given name in -werth influenced by such names as Edward.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
