Shedd

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).

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