Dodd
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English
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Etymology
Uncertain, but possibly from any of the following:
- Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a)
- The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person.
- The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver.
- The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person.
Proper noun
Dodd (countable and uncountable, plural Dodds)
- An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin.
- An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States.
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Old English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dodd m
- a male given name