Paddle Family History
Paddle Name Meaning
from an unrecorded Middle English personal name *Padel *Pedel (Old English *Pæddel) apparently attested in the Kent place-name Paddlesworth. For further possible bearers especially in Dorset London and the home counties see Peddle (2).from Middle English padel ‘long-handled spade paddle’. in Gloucs and Somerset probably a late variant of Peddle (1). perhaps from Padwell in Southampton (Hants) or a minor place similarly named with Old English or Middle English pad(e) ‘toad’ + Old English wielle Middle English welle ‘well spring’. There is a Paddle or Padwell (Cottage) in Edgcote (Northants) which may be of medieval origin and a lost or unidentified place called Padwell in 1411 near Great Yarmouth (Norfolk). However no medieval surnames have been found that can be linked to any of these places.
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021