Dodd
An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin.
Proper noun
- An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin.
- As Dodd wrote in ‘The Empty Nest,’ “To me, it was glaringly obvious that parting from a child who has been the centre of your life for twenty-odd years is a really big deal. Yet while new parents are bombarded with...
- An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States.
Origin
Uncertain, but possibly from any of the following: # Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a) # The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person. # The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver. # The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person.