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Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 828 Send Message	StephScouser	Report	26 Jan 2007 17:50
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 828 Send Message	Hi My friend wants to know where her surname originates from. Her surname is KIDD. I thought it may be english but im not sure. Can anyone help? Thanks very much Steph.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 247 Send Message	Jack	Report	26 Jan 2007 18:04
	Kidd Usage: English, Scottish From a nickname meaning 'young goat, kid' in Middle English. They might also like to look at the houseofnames website. Google it to get there. Jack
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 828 Send Message	StephScouser	Report	26 Jan 2007 18:52
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 828 Send Message	Hi Jack thankyou! my friend will be so pleased! Steph
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 15,399 Send Message	Websterbfc	Report	26 Jan 2007 19:12
	kidd 1. Scottish: from a medieval personal name Kid, a variant of Kit, a pet form of Christopher. 2. English: from Middle English kid(e) ‘young goat’, hence a nickname for a frisky person or a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd. 3. English: metonymic occupational name for a seller of faggots, from Middle English kidde ‘faggot’ (of unknown origin). Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4