Stoddard

in Kansas

There are 118 people with the last name "Stoddard" in Kansas.

Ranking in Kansas

Name	Rank
Stoddard	2,650

is 2,646th most common Nunn
is 2,647th most common Ostrander
is 2,648th most common Roller
is 2,649th most common Schmeidler
is 2,650th most common Stoddard
is 2,651st most common Swain
is 2,652nd most common Vestal
is 2,653rd most common Watt
is 2,654th most common Weilert

Meaning & History

Stoddard

English (Northumbria): occupational name for a breeder or keeper of horses, from Old English stōd ‘stud’ or stott ‘inferior kind of horse’ + hierde ‘herdsman’, ‘keeper’. There is a difficulty in deriving this name from Old English stōd in that stud is not recorded in the sense ‘collection of horses bred by one person’ until the 17th century; before that it denoted a place where horses were kept for breeding, but that sense does not combine naturally with ‘herdsman’.

FOREBEARS The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.