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'''Geddes''' is a [[surname]] of English and Scottish origin. In Scotland and northern Ireland the name may be derived from the place-name [[Geddes, Highland|Geddes]] in [[Nairn]], Scotland. However, according to the ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', the surname is more likely a [[patronymic]] name derived from the name ''Geddie''.<ref name="Geddes">{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Geddes-family-history.ashx|title=Geddes Name Meaning and History|accessdate=14 December 2008|work=[[Ancestry.com]]}} This webpage cites ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', [[Oxford University Press]], {{ISBN|0-19-508137-4}}.</ref> This name (''Geddie''), may be an altered form of MacAdam. In this way, the letter ''G'' represents the [[Scottish Gaelic]] ''mac'' "son of" and ''Eddie'' is a variant of [[Adam]]. ''Geddie'' may also be a [[nickname]] meaning "greedy", derived from ''gedd'' meaning "pike", this could also refer to a voracious eater.<ref name="Geddie">{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Geddie-family-history.ashx|title=Geddie Name Meaning and History|accessdate=14 December 2008|work=[[Ancestry.com]]}} This webpage cites ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', [[Oxford University Press]], {{ISBN|0-19-508137-4}}.</ref> The earliest written record of the surname ''Geddes'' is of William ''Ged'', from [[Shropshire]], England, recorded within the [[Pipe Rolls]] in the year 1230.<ref>{{cite book |last=Reaney |first=Percy Hilde |author2=Wilson, Richard Middlewood |title=A Dictionary of English Surnames |edition=3rd |year=2006 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=0-203-99355-1 |page=1295}}</ref> The surname Geddes can be represented in Scottish Gaelic as ''Geadasach'' and ''Geadais''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mac an Tàilleir, Iain |title=Ainmean Pearsanta |url=http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/cuspair/Ainmean_pearsanta.docx |work=[[Sabhal Mòr Ostaig]] |publisher= |accessdate=15 October 2009 |format=[[docx]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Gaelic-English Dictionary |last=Mark |first=Colin |year=2003 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=0-203-27706-6 }}</ref>
'''Geddes''' is a [[surname]] of English and Scottish origin. In Scotland and northern Ireland the name may be derived from the place-name [[Geddes, Highland|Geddes]] in [[Nairn]], Scotland. The ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' claims that the surname is more likely a [[patronymic]] name derived from the name ''Geddie'',<ref name="Geddes">{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Geddes-family-history.ashx|title=Geddes Name Meaning and History|accessdate=14 December 2008|work=[[Ancestry.com]]}} This webpage cites ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', [[Oxford University Press]], {{ISBN|0-19-508137-4}}.</ref> itself perhaps an altered form of MacAdam. In this way, the letter ''G'' represents the [[Scottish Gaelic]] ''mac'' "son of" and ''Eddie'' is a variant of [[Adam]]. ''Geddie'' may also be a [[nickname]] meaning "greedy", derived from ''gedd'' meaning "pike", this could also refer to a voracious eater.<ref name="Geddie">{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Geddie-family-history.ashx|title=Geddie Name Meaning and History|accessdate=14 December 2008|work=[[Ancestry.com]]}} This webpage cites ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', [[Oxford University Press]], {{ISBN|0-19-508137-4}}.</ref> The earliest written record of the surname ''Geddes'' is of William ''Ged'', from [[Shropshire]], England, recorded within the [[Pipe Rolls]] in the year 1230.<ref>{{cite book |last=Reaney |first=Percy Hilde |author2=Wilson, Richard Middlewood |title=A Dictionary of English Surnames |edition=3rd |year=2006 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=0-203-99355-1 |page=1295}}</ref> The surname Geddes can be represented in Scottish Gaelic as ''Geadasach'' and ''Geadais''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mac an Tàilleir, Iain |title=Ainmean Pearsanta |url=http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/cuspair/Ainmean_pearsanta.docx |work=[[Sabhal Mòr Ostaig]] |publisher= |accessdate=15 October 2009 |format=[[docx]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Gaelic-English Dictionary |last=Mark |first=Colin |year=2003 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=0-203-27706-6 }}</ref>


==Surname==
==Surname==

Revision as of 00:38, 13 September 2020

For other uses, see Geddes (disambiguation).

Geddes is a surname of English and Scottish origin. In Scotland and northern Ireland the name may be derived from the place-name Geddes in Nairn, Scotland. The Dictionary of American Family Names claims that the surname is more likely a patronymic name derived from the name Geddie,[1] itself perhaps an altered form of MacAdam. In this way, the letter G represents the Scottish Gaelic mac "son of" and Eddie is a variant of Adam. Geddie may also be a nickname meaning "greedy", derived from gedd meaning "pike", this could also refer to a voracious eater.[2] The earliest written record of the surname Geddes is of William Ged, from Shropshire, England, recorded within the Pipe Rolls in the year 1230.[3] The surname Geddes can be represented in Scottish Gaelic as Geadasach and Geadais.[4][5]

Surname

Given name

  • Geddes Granger, also known as Makandal Daaga, Trinidad and Tobago political activist and former revolutionary

See also

References

  1. ^ "Geddes Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 December 2008. This webpage cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
  2. ^ "Geddie Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 December 2008. This webpage cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
  3. ^ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 1295. ISBN 0-203-99355-1.
  4. ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  5. ^ Mark, Colin (2003). The Gaelic-English Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 0-203-27706-6.
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