Carda Family History

Spanish and Portuguese: nickname from carda ‘teasel’ or ‘carder’ (derived from cardar from Latin cardus ‘thistle’) hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who carded (disentangled) wool, the dried heads of teasels and thistles having originally been used for this purpose.

Spanish: habitational name from Carda in Oviedo province.

Italian (Cardà): probably a topographic name from Greek kardas ‘thistle field’.

Czech: nickname for a cunning, clever, or sly person from Old Czech or Moravian dialect carda.