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In Latin, 'fourth' (in the masculine form) is 'quartus'. It could have been used for a fourth son, I suppose, but we know surprisingly little about how the Romans actually spoke to their children so perhaps they did something else.

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In British boys' boarding schools they used Latin for a series of brothers: the eldest Santos boy would be Santos until his younger brother joined; then you'd have Santos Major and Santos Minor. Followed if necessary by Santos Tertius and Santos Quartus.

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Quade couldn't happen in Latin. But Quad- could, for instance the quadrivium was the group of four subjects that medieval kids had to learn at school, if they went. And we are familiar with quadrupeds, and quad bikes.

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Of course, you did say you 'believe' that Quade means 'Fourth', and the point about belief is that if facts get in the way, you are free to ignore them - at your own risk, of course.

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Your son has a beautiful name! I'm sure you could find something in there that you could call him.