Dodd

See also: dodd and do'dd

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from any of the following:

  1. Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a)
  2. The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person.
  3. The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver.
  4. The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person.

Proper noun

Dodd (countable and uncountable, plural Dodds)

  1. An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin.
  2. An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States.

Derived terms

See also

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dodd/, [dod]

Proper noun

Dodd m

  1. a male given name
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