Cassiday Family Crest & Name History

Ancestors listed as Cassiday are often found as Cassidy a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Cassidy, is “Descendant of Caiside ("curly-haired")”.

A variant of Cassidy

Cassiday is listed among the recognised spellings of Cassidy. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include O'Cassidy and Cassady.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Cassiday surname had 490 bearers. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Cassiday coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Cassiday, so the heraldry linked to Cassidy is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Get the complete Cassiday report, with a museum-style coat of arms.