Biddington Family History
Biddington Name Meaning
see Beddington . possibly also from Biddenden (Kent) which is recorded as Bidingden Bydyngdene in the late 10th century and Bidindaenne in about 1090. The place-name means ‘pasture associated with a man called Bida’ from an Old English personal name *Bida + Old English connective -ing- + denn ‘woodland pasture’. There is however no compelling evidence that a surname deriving from Biddenden survived beyond the 13th century. The post-medieval bearers cited here may belong to (1).
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021