Catalan: metonymic occupational name for a maker of chains or
perhaps for a jailer, from Catalan and Spanish cadena ‘chain’
(Latin catena). This form (singular) is rare as a surname in
Castile, but frequent in Catalonia; the plural (Cadenas) occurs
in both regions but is more frequent in the former.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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