The Eaddy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,385 people carried this name — #9,598 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,130 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Eaddy surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘the son of Ede’.

His entry covers Eaddy and Eady.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 261 · public domain.

In print

Eaddy in American newspapers,
1904–1927.

Newspaper page from The Savannah Morning News carrying the name Eaddy
The Savannah Morning News 1904-03-27
Newspaper page from The St. Johns Herald carrying the name Eaddy
The St. Johns Herald 1927-06-30
Newspaper page from The Press carrying the name Eaddy
The Press 1917-05-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,353 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Eaddy in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

70 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eaddy. The most, 26, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 30
New South Wales 22
South Australia 6
Victoria 5
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eaddy.

Who carried it

People named Eaddy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Don Eaddy
    Don Eaddy 1934–2008 · basketball player
  • Christian Leonard Eaddy d. 2013

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Eaddy,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States151 records

151 records of the Eaddy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 87
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ishmell Eaddy

    Born 1947; from Bridgeport, Connecticut. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died in an accident 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Napoleon Eaddy

    Born 1924 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Jackson Columbia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1961, buried at Florence National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Eaddy

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the State of Nebraska from Glasgow and Larne, aged 21; laborer. From Belfast, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 151 records for Eaddy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Eaddy name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bertrand Isaac Eaddy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1908 aboard the Waratah, aged 21.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Percy Eaddy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1908 aboard the Waratah, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record T. J. Eaddy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1910 aboard the Osterley, aged 50.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Eaddy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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