Last name: GEDDES
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GEDDES : This last name is indexed 54,977 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GEDDES : 1: Scottish: variant of Gaddis from the lands of Geddes in Nairnshire.2: English: possibly a variant of Gedde a nickname from Middle English gedde ‘pike’ (the fish) with post-medieval excrescent -s. However the modern surname appears to be entirely Scottish in origin (see 1 above).
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