Hodder

An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder

Proper noun

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder
  2. A river in Lancashire, England, tributary to the Ribble.

Origin

(surname): From Middle English occupational name for a maker of hoods, from Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. :(river): From Brythonic, said to mean "pleasant water," with the second element from Proto-Brythonic *duβr. The first element is uncertain, but compare Welsh hawdd (“easy, prosperous, pleasant”).