Coady
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Coady by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Coady.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Coady
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Coady. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Codyhelpful; descendant of Ó Cuidighthigh504 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cady24 in the US (2017)
- Coreyfrom the hollow; possibly descendant of core666 in the US (2017)
- Colbycoal town; a place name surname222 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cadynbattle; a form of Caden32 in the US (2017)
- Clarybright and clear; a form of Claire or Clara18 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Coady
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