Last Name EDDISON

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Meaning	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

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