Fiddes Family History
Fiddes Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of the Norman surname de Sancto Fide ‘of the Holy Faith’ a Latin rendering of the placename Sainte-Foy in Seine-Maritime or of Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Calvados. Scottish: habitational name from Fiddes in Foveran Aberdeenshire or possibly from a barony in former Kincardineshire called Fiddes (earlier Fouthas 1439 or Futhes 1440 probably from Fiodhais ‘wood-stance’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022