Great Gidding
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Great Gidding means a large settlement associated with a person named Gidd or Gyd. The 'great' prefix distinguishes it from Little Gidding.
Word origins
- Great
- Old Englishlarge, important(from grēat "large")
- Gidding
- Old EnglishAttestedGidd's people(from Gidd "personal name", ingas "people of")
Historical forms
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