Beddoe is a surname of Welsh origin. It originates from Bettws or Betws (Welsh pronunciation:[ˈbɛtʊs]), 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.[1]
At the time of the British Census of 1881,[2] its frequency was highest in Pembrokeshire (over 65 times the national average), followed by Cambridgeshire, Shropshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Carmarthenshire, Staffordshire, Cardiganshire and Warwickshire.
Notable people with the surname include:
Martin Beddoe (born 1955), British judge
Alan Beddoe (1893–1975), Canadian artist, consultant in heraldry, and founder of the Heraldry Society of Canada
Clive Beddoe (born 1947), founding shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of WestJet Airlines
Dan Beddoe (1863–1937), Welsh tenor
Don Beddoe (1903–1991), American character actor
John Beddoe (1826–1911), British ethnologist
Valerie Beddoe (born 1960), Australian diver
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