Cagle
An English-language surname most often treated as a habitational or nickname-form name, with some uncertainty about its exact source.
The #2,039 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 17,496 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Cagle is generally regarded as an English surname, but its precise origin is not firmly settled. It may be a variant spelling of an older regional surname or a form influenced by local pronunciation, rather than a transparent word with a single obvious meaning. Because early records are inconsistent, the name is often treated as etymologically uncertain.
History
The surname is found chiefly in the United States today, especially in the South, where many English surnames were carried and reshaped through regional speech and spelling variation. Like many such names, Cagle likely became fixed in the modern period from earlier forms that were spelled several ways in parish and census records. The surname is not especially common in Britain now, which makes American family-history lines particularly important for tracing it.
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Fun fact
Because the name’s early spelling history is irregular, different Cagle families may not share a single common ancestor—or even the same original surname form.