The kidd Surname
kidd Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: from a medieval personal name Kid, a variant of Kit, a pet form of Christopher.
- English: from Middle English kid(e) ‘young goat’, hence a nickname for a frisky person or a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd.
- English: metonymic occupational name for a seller of faggots, from Middle English kidde ‘faggot’ (of unknown origin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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