as a Last Name
- 6,021
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Weddle
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: habitational name from a place called Wedale (now Stow) near Edinburgh. The origins of this place name are uncertain. The second element is evidently Old English dæl or Old Norse dalr ‘valley’. The first element might be Old English wedd ‘pledge’, ‘security’ or its Old Norse cognate veð (although this is not found elsewhere as a place name element).
| 5,031st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Waddell, Weigel, Weddington, Waddle, Wedding, Wedderburn, Weigle, Weddell, Waddill, Weddel
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,021
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Indiana
- has the most people named Weddle per capita
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