Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage Irish Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 2/19/2004 by Cait ni Chathmhaoil Edited 11/27/2006 by Mike C Meaning & History Comes from the Irish Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil, which was Anglicized to McCawell and then morphed into Caulfield. Mac Cathmhaoil comes from a word meaning "chieftan".
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