Weedon

English

Etymology

From Old English wēoh (“pre-Christian idol”) + dun (“hill”).

Proper noun

Weedon (countable and uncountable, plural Weedons)

1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8118).
2. Short for Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, England.
3. A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Weedon Bec

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Weedon is the 22543^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1140 individuals. Weedon is most common among White (61.84%) and Black/African American (30.0%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Weedon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.