Dodd

Meanings

1. An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin.
2. An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States.

1. Alternative form of dod (to lop or cut off)

1. A rounded summit of a hill; a lower summit or shoulder to a hill

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from any of the following: # Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a) # The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person. # The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver. # The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person.