The Duke of Fife tartan, eligible to Clan Ged|thumb '''Gaddy''' is a Scottish surname.<ref name="HON">{{cite web |title=Gaddy family name |url=https://www.houseofnames.com/gaddy-family-crest |website=House of names |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref>
==Background== It is possibly first used by people of the Kingdom of Strathclyde along the Anglo-Scottish border. It is a name for someone who lived in Midlothian. It is possible that it evolved from the name Goldie, which derives from the Old English personal name Gold.<ref name="HON" /> Alternative spellings are Geddy, Gaddie, Goudie, Gouday, Goudey, Goudy, Gowdy, Gowdie, Gadie, Goodie, Gady.<ref name="HON" /> It is also possible that it derives from Geddes or Clan Ged. Another possibility is that it is derived from the Old English ''gedda'', a nickname meaning pike.<ref name="Reaney">{{cite book |last=Reaney |first=Percy Hilde |author2=Wilson, Richard Middlewood |title=A Dictionary of English Surnames |edition=3rd |year=2006 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |page=1295 |isbn=0-203-99355-1 }}</ref>
==Notable people== Notable people with the surname or close variants include: * Abdul Gaddy (born 1992), American basketball player * Anthony Gadie (1868–1948), English businessman and politician * Bea Gaddy (1933–2001), American humanitarian * Bob Gaddy (1924–1997) American pianist, singer and songwriter * Charlie Gaddy (1931–2025), American anchorman * Daniel Abraham Gaddie (1836–1911), African-American Baptist preacher * John Gaddy (1914–1966), American basketball player * Rikki Gaddie (born 1971), South African former tennis player
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