Americanized spelling of the Swiss surname Joder, from a
reduced form of the personal name Theodor(us) (see
Theodore). This was the name of the patron saint of western
Switzerland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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