Given name & surname
Dodd
Dodd is a given name. It is used in English and Old English.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Dodd connects to the Roger name family through Dodge. An origin associated with Roger is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dodd connects to the Roger name family through Dodge. The history of Roger gives this family its wider story. Roger’s historical bearers include members of the aristocracy.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Dodd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 306
- 306 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 348 as a first name in 2020; 29,440 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dodd’s family of names
Dodd has a surname derivative in DODSON. Dodd has a related form in Dodge.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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