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Coda · 'son of Cod' (an old Anglo-Saxon personal name; a short form of Cuthbert, Cuthwine, or some other name commencing with Cuth)

Codd is not a Gaelic name. Woulfe (1923) derives it from Cod, 'an old Anglo-Saxon personal name', and calls the Codds 'an old and respectable family of Co. Wexford, to which county the name is peculiar'. In 1890 Ireland's birth indexes held 10 Codd entries, 8 of them in Wexford.

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Irish formCoda
Meaning'son of Cod' (an old Anglo-Saxon personal name; a short form of Cuthbert, Cuthwine, or some other name commencing with Cuth)
CountiesWexford
Other spellings4

Origin of the Codd name

Woulfe: from Cod, 'an old Anglo-Saxon personal name', a short form of Cuthbert, Cuthwine or another name beginning with Cuth. 'The Codds are an old and respectable family of Co. Wexford, to which county the name is peculiar.' He does not say when or how the family came to Ireland.[1]

  1. 1653Examination: Castletowne in Carne is 'the howse of Mr Nicholas Codd a protestant then fled for England or Wales'.[4]
  2. 1654Examination: James Codd of Clogheast, gent, 'raysed & had the Comand of a Company of foote'; went against Duncannon fort.[5]
  3. 189010 Codd birth entries in Ireland, 8 of them in Wexford.[2]

Where in Ireland

Co. WexfordWoulfe: the name is 'peculiar' to Wexford; 8 of 10 Codd entries there in 1890.[1][2]

Notable people named Codd

James Coddfl. 1641Of Clogheast, Co. Wexford, 'gent'; in arms in the first year of the rebellion, commanding a company of foot (1654 examination).[5]

Other spellings

Cod · Codde · Code · Coade[1]

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Codd surname: questions

Is Codd an Irish surname?

It is an Irish family name of long standing in Co. Wexford, but not a Gaelic one: Woulfe derives it from Cod, an old Anglo-Saxon personal name.[1]

Where in Ireland is the Codd name from?

County Wexford. Woulfe says the name is peculiar to that county, and in 1890, 8 of the 10 Codd birth entries in Ireland were in Wexford.[1][2]

What does the surname Codd mean?

Woulfe gives it as 'son of Cod', Cod being an old Anglo-Saxon personal name, a short form of Cuthbert, Cuthwine or another name beginning with Cuth.[1]

Were there Codds in Wexford in the 1640s?

Yes. Examinations taken in 1653-54 name James Codd of Clogheast, gent, who raised and commanded a company of foot and went against Duncannon fort, and record Castletowne in Carne as the house of Nicholas Codd, a protestant who had then fled for England or Wales.[4][5]

Sources

  1. Coda — Irish Names and Surnames (Rev. Patrick Woulfe, 1923), transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/names/c/coda.php
  2. Codd — Birth Indexes of 1890 — Special Report on Surnames in Ireland (Robert E. Matheson, 1909), transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/matheson/report/births/codd.php
  3. Codd — Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland (Robert E. Matheson, 1901), list 295, transcribed, LibraryIreland.com. libraryireland.com/matheson/varieties/list/295.php
  4. Examination of Nicholas Codd (30 December 1653), TCD MS 819, fol. 52r — 1641 Depositions, Trinity College Dublin / University of Aberdeen. 1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/38588.html
  5. Examination of Patricke Codd re James Codd (6 January 1654; jurat '6th of January 1653'), TCD MS 818, fols. 283r-283v — 1641 Depositions, Trinity College Dublin / University of Aberdeen. 1641dep.abdn.ac.uk/items/show/38220.html

Note: Matheson's 1890 figures for a surname include its spelling varieties (Matheson, Table Explanation).