Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname EDDY.

EDDY. In the Gaelic, Eddee signifies an instructor. The name may be local from the Saxon ed, backwards, and ea, water—a current of water running back, a whirlpool. Edd, Welsh, signifies motion, going; Eddu, to go, to move.

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