Geddes (surname)
Geddes is a surname of English and Scottish origin. In Scotland and northern Ireland the name may be derived from the place-name Geddes in Nairn, Scotland. However, according to the Dictionary of American Family Names, the surname is more likely a patronymic name derived from the name Geddie.[1] This name (Geddie), may be an altered form of MacAdam. In this way, the letter G represents the Gaelic mac "son of" and Eddie is a variant of Adam. Geddie may also be a nickname meaning "greedy", derived from gedd meaning "pike", this could also refer to a voracious eater.[2] The earliest written record of the surname Geddes is of William Ged, from Shropshire, England, recorded within the Pipe Rolls in the year 1230.[3] The surname Geddes can be represented in Scottish Gaelic as Geadasach and Geadais.[4][5]
Surname
- Andrew Geddes (1783–1844), British painter
- Andrew James Wray Geddes (1906–1988), British Air Commodore responsible for the planning of Operation Manna
- Andy Geddes (born 1959), Scottish footballer
- Anne Geddes (born 1956), Australian-born photographer
- Alexander Geddes (1737–1802), Scottish theologian and scholar
- Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes (1879–1954), British politician and diplomat
- Barbara Bel Geddes (1922–2005), American actress
- Bobby Geddes (born 1960), Scottish footballer
- Charles Geddes, Baron Geddes of Epsom (1897–1963), British entrepreneur and life peer
- Eric Campbell Geddes (1875–1937), British politician and First Lord of the Admiralty during WWI
- Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes, current Lord Geddes and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
- Gavin Geddes, Professional footballer for Brighton and Hove Albion FC, AFC Bournemouth, Crawley Town FC
- George Geddes (engineer) (1809–1883), engineer, agricultural expert, and New York state senator
- George W. Geddes (1824–1892), American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio
- James Geddes (engineer) (born 1763), American engineer and surveyor
- James Lorraine Geddes (1827–1887), American soldier and writer
- Jane Geddes (born 1960), American golfer
- Jenny Geddes (c. 1600 – c. 1660), Scottish activist, arguably catalyzed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Jim Geddes (born 1949), American baseball pitcher
- John E. Geddes (1948–2008), American Navy veteran and musician.
- Keith Geddes (born c. 1940s), Canadian computer scientist and academic
- Ken Geddes, American football player
- Leslie A. Geddes (born 1921), Scottish-born engineer and physiologist
- Marie Geddes (died 2005), Canadian activist who died after four day hunger strike in long-term care facility for seniors
- The Hon. Margaret Geddes, daughter of Lord Geddes, who married Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine, son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Margaret Geddes (born 1949), Australian writer and journalist
- Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958), American theatrical and industrial designer
- Patrick Geddes (1854–1932), Scottish biologist and town planner
- Pytt Geddes (1917–2006), Norwegian-born tai chi teacher
- Sir Reay Geddes, former chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Company
- Scott Geddes, Australian rugby league footballer
- Lord Stephen Geddes (born 1967), Independent Financial Adviser
- Wilhelmina Geddes (1887–1955), Irish stained glass artist
- William Duguid Geddes (1828–1900), Scottish scholar and educationalist
- William George Nicholson Geddes (1913–1993), Scottish civil engineer
Given name
- Geddes Granger, also known as Makandal Daaga, Trinidad and Tobago political activist and former revolutionary
See also
- Baron Geddes, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Clan Ged, Scottish clan
- Geddes (disambiguation), other things named Geddes
References
- ↑ "Geddes Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 December 2008. This webpage cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ↑ "Geddie Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 December 2008. This webpage cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ↑ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames (pdf) (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 1295. ISBN 0-203-99355-1.
- ↑ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ↑ Mark, Colin (2003). The Gaelic-English Dictionary (pdf). Routledge. ISBN 0-203-27706-6.