The baby name Gedde is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GED-ee.
Gedde is Scottish Gaelic in Origin.
The baby name Gedde is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GED-ee.
Gedde is Scottish Gaelic in Origin.
Gedde is best understood as a transferred Scottish surname rather than an ancient Scandinavian theophoric name. Its secure base is Geddes, the name of lands in Nairnshire; the earliest recoverable form is the territorial name Geddes, often styled de Geddes in medieval Latin documents. The place-name is usually explained from Scottish Gaelic topographical vocabulary for a ridge or shoulder of land. A secondary surname explanation links Scots gedd, pike, but that is less firm for this spelling.
In use, Gedde belongs mainly to surname history: northern Scottish Geddes families are associated with Nairn, while similar-looking English forms such as Gedding belong to separate place-names. Spelling in early records varied, producing Geddes, Geddis, Gedes, Geddie, Geddy, and Geddeis. As a given name it remains rare, with modern visibility chiefly from the American actor Gedde Watanabe, whose forename helped fix the two-syllable pronunciation in English.
We can't find Gedde in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.
| Gedde Watanabe Gedde Watanabe is an American actor best known for playing Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles. He also voiced Ling in Mulan and Mulan II, and played Nurse Yosh Takata on ER. |
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