Re: The name HOD

"Naomi" <n.spannerdavies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
One of my ancestors is named Hod Henry Davies, from Radnorshire. His name
is given as this on his birth certificate and on a census. His daughter
lists her father's name as Henry Hodd Davies, 20 odd years later.

I've never met the name HOD before - does anyone know its origins? Is it a
Welsh word?
A Google search hasn't revealed any obvious answers.

Of course, it may be a previous surname incorporated as a name, but
maternal surnames are usually added as a middle name, aren't they?
It's definitely not Hod's mother's maiden name.

A hod is used for carrying bricks. I once knew someone who was short and
had the surname of Hotchkiss. He insisted that the 'hotch' part of the
surname was from a 'hod' and the 'kiss' was derived from 'mannikin' and that
his family acquired their surname as they had always been diminutive hod
carriers. He went on to say that he was the tall one in the family.


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