Canaday \c(a)-na-day\ as a boy's name is a variant of Kennedy (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Canaday is "helmet head".

The baby name Canaday sounds like Canady, Canute and Kennady. Other similar baby names are Sandy, Dandy, Canby, Canbey, Cannan, Cassady, Conway, Corday, Dantay, Randy, Randey, Sandey, Tandy and Tandey.