Date
Name Cadok
Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval Cornish, History
Other Forms FormsCadoc (Anglicized form)
Edit Status Status
Meaning & History
According to William of Worcester, writing in the fifteenth century, Cadoc of Cornwall was a survivor of the Cornish royal line at the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and was appointed as the first Earl of Cornwall by William the Conqueror. The name itself is a cognate of Welsh CADOG.