Waddell
English
Etymology
Various origins:
- A variant of the Scottish surname Weddle.
- An English topographic surname for someone who lived at the hill where woad grew, from Old English wād (“woad”) + hyll (“hill”).
Proper noun
Waddell (countable and uncountable, plural Waddells)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Waddell is the 1691st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21301 individuals. Waddell is most common among White (80.85%) and Black/African American (14.51%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Waddell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.