Toddington Family History

Primarily from Toddington (Beds) which is recorded as Tudingedon in 1166 and Tudingeton in 1186 or Toddington (Gloucs) which is recorded as Tudinton(a) in the 12th and 13th centuries but occasionally from Tuttington (Norfolk) which is recorded as Todingtone in 1257.

The Beds place-name derives from the Old English personal name Tuda + the Old English group-name suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English dūn ‘hill’ meaning ‘the hill of the people of a man called Tuda’.

The Gloucs place-name derives from the Old English personal name Tuda + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.

The Norfolk place-name derives from the Old English personal name Tutta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn.