Last Name EADDY

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Meaning The son of Ede, from the pet Edie or Eddie.
The son of Ede or Edde, pet form Eddy or Eady. Although this female first name is now obsolete, it has made a most remarkable impresson on English directories. It lingered into the 17th century as a first name. Every imaginable variant of this last name is found. No doubt the name was occasionally a nickname of Edward or Edmund, but the above derivation must be looked upon as absolutely decisive in the case of great majority.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 9,526 (2000 US census) 9,036 (1990 US census)
Count 3,130 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 24.5%, or 767 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 72.4%, or 2266 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.19%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.26%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.82%, or 57 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.83%, or 26 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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