The scadden Surname
scadden Name Meaning and History
Irish: of uncertain origin. It is possibly a reduced form of the
Scottish surname Garscadden, a habitational name from a place
east of Glasgow; alternatively it may be from Gaelic scadán
‘herring’, a word probably borrowed from Norse. There have been
Scaddans in Tipperary since the 12th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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