Beddoe
Beddoe is a surname of Welsh origin. It originates from Bettws or Betws, a Welsh name that is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English bed-hus—i.e. a bead-house: a house of prayer, or oratory.
At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Pembrokeshire, followed by Cambridgeshire, Shropshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Carmarthenshire, Staffordshire, Cardiganshire and Warwickshire.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Martin Beddoe, British judge
- Alan Beddoe, Canadian artist, consultant in Heraldry, and founder of the Heraldry Society of Canada
- Clive Beddoe, founding shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of WestJet Airlines
- Dan Beddoe, Welsh tenor
- Don Beddoe, American character actor
- John Beddoe, British ethnologist
- Valerie Beddoe, Australian diver
- Jack Dallas Beddoe, American Musical Comedy Composer
Kieran Beddoe
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