Any thoughts on the Caudill surname?

[Arnot]

Thanks! It really makes sense as a variant of Cadell/Cawdale in a way. The Eastern Kentucky pronunciation would be very like "Caudle" another variant sometimes listed, with the emphasis definitely on the first syllable and the second vowell clipped.

My dad's family were from Eastern Kentucky (Magoffin Co.) and they said it that way as well.

[MacKenzie]

My dad's family were from Eastern Kentucky (Magoffin Co.) and they said it that way as well.

It's also pronounced that way in SW Va. (Grayson & Carroll counties) where my parents are from. And "Caldwell" is pronounced the same way.

[ThistleDown]

That's how it is pronounced in Scotland, too.

[Old Building Prof]

My dad's family were from Eastern Kentucky (Magoffin Co.) and they said it that way as well.

Well, we must be related somehow! My maternal grandmother was born in Salyersville, and besides Caudill she has lots of good Scots and Scots-Irish names in her lineage like Adams, Patrick, May, Clark, Cooper, and McDaneil (as well as the presumed Irish Conleys, and the presumed English Meades, Esteps, Penningtons, Praters and Litterals, and then whatever the Salyers themselves are).

[Arnot]

Well, we must be related somehow! My maternal grandmother was born in Salyersville, and besides Caudill she has lots of good Scots and Scots-Irish names in her lineage like Adams, Patrick, May, Clark, Cooper, and McDaneil (as well as the presumed Irish Conleys, and the presumed English Meades, Esteps, Penningtons, Praters and Litterals, and then whatever the Salyers themselves are).

We probably are related somehow. All those names are familiar. The main names in my tree are Arnett/Arnott (my surname which, as it happens, is pronounced as in Scotland sort of ARNut. Emphasis on the first syllable), Howard, and Salyer. Others are Joseph, Mann, Carpenter, and Patton. My great-grandmother was a Salyer. From what I understand, The original immigrant Salyer was a French Huguenot and the spelling was Sallier. In my line anyway, the following generations married Welsh, Irish, and English women.