| ![Show Contents]() Cagle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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France
Early Origins of the Cagle familyThe surname Cagle was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles, and letters patent confirming their nobility. The name is derived from the occupational name for a player on the fiddle, from the word "geige" meaning "fiddle." Early History of the Cagle familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cagle research. Another 86 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1555, 1577, 1580, 1581, 1583, 1589, 1622, 1685, 1774 and 1854 are included under the topic Early Cagle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cagle Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Gager, Gagern, Gagers, Gage, Gages, Gagge, Geiger and many more. Early Notables of the Cagle familyWilliam Gager (1555-1622), an English jurist, now known for his Latin dramas. He was a nephew of Sir William Cordell, Master of the Rolls. " He proceeded B.A. 4 Dec. 1577, M.A. 5 June 1580, and B.C.L. and D.C.L. 30 June 1589 (Oxford Univ. Reg., Oxford Hist. Soc., ii. iii. 70). Gager soon proved a facile Latin verse writer, and wrote a series of Latin plays, which were performed in...
Another 70 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cagle Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cagle Rankingthe United States, the name Cagle is the 2,251st most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1 Migration of the Cagle familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: including many of the name who migrated to the New World from the mid 17th century onward.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cagle (post 1700) | + |
- C. William "Will" Cagle (1938-2025), American driver of modified stock cars who won over 415 feature events and 26 championships
- Myrtle "Kay" Thompson Cagle (1925-2019), American pilot, one of the Mercury 13 female astronauts group, later known as the "Mercury 13"
- Harald D. Cagle (1913-1977), American silver medalist Olympic athlete in the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Christian "Red" Keener Cagle (1905-1942), three time All-American football player for the United States Military Academy Army football team from Merryville, Louisiana, a star halfback, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1929, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954
- Daryl Cagle (b. 1956), American editorial cartoonist, publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc., a newspaper syndicate; he worked with The Muppets from 1979 through 1993
- Lowell Stacy "Casey" Cagle (b. 1966), American politician and businessman, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia from 2007 to 2019
- Alfred Marcus Cagle (1884-1968), American hymnwriter from Cedartown, Georgia, known for his activities with the Sacred Harp movement
- Colonel Yvonne Darlene Cagle M.D. (b. 1959), American Air Force officer and NASA astronaut
- Chris Cagle (b. 1968), American country music artist
| Suggested Readings for the name Cagle | + |
- The Cagle Families of Cherokee and Pickens Counties, Georgia by Charles O. Walker.
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