Surname · also Middle English
Hodder
“hood”
Hodder is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hodder goes back to Old English hod, meaning “hood.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Hodder comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Brythonic *duβr.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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