Eddings
A surname most likely formed as a patronymic or possessive from the given name Eddie/Edda, meaning “descendant or family of Edd.”
The #8,065 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 75,139 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Eddings is most plausibly an English surname built from the personal name Ed or Edd, with the ending -ings used in some surnames to mean “belonging to” or “descended from.” In practice, it may have developed as a family-name form from a pet name such as Eddie or from an earlier medieval name beginning with Ed-, often associated with names like Edward. The literal sense is therefore something like “the family of Edd.”
History
As with many English surnames formed from nicknames or shortened given names, Eddings likely arose independently in more than one place. It is a relatively uncommon name today, but it fits a widespread English pattern of hereditary surnames that began as references to an ancestor’s personal name. Modern bearers are found chiefly in English-speaking countries, especially the United States.
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Fun fact
The surname Eddings is close in form to Eddins, a much more common related surname that shares the same basic “descendant of Ed” pattern.