Huddy

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• A pet form of the medieval personal name Hudde.
• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUada (“descendant of Uada”), a personal name of uncertain origin.

Proper noun

Huddy (countable and uncountable, plural Huddys)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Huddy is the 37591^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Huddy is most common among White (78.72%) and Mixed Race (10.98%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Huddy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 211.