Given name & surname
Gaddis
“a high-maintenance man”
Gaddis is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a high-maintenance man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a high-maintenance man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaddis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 39 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 8 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 5 in 1948. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,573 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.
Gaddis’s family of names
Gaddis has a related form in Gaddes. Gaddis has a related form in Gaddiss. Gaddis has a related form in Gaddys.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Geddesvariant · English
- Gaddesvariant
- Gadyssvariant
- Gadissvariant
- Gaddyssvariant
- Gaddissvariant
- Gadysvariant
- Gadisvariant
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