English (found chiefly in the West Midlands and in Ireland):
habitational name from Hodnet in Shropshire, or any of various places
called Hoddnant in Wales. The place names are from Welsh hawdd
‘pleasant’, ‘peaceful’ + nant ‘valley’, ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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