Is there any history going further back about people with the surname "Kidd" from Holland?

Question

My great grandmother is from Holland, the surname Kidd comes from her. Just curious about my genealogy.

Answer 1

Kidd is not a Dutch name, maybe your g/grandmother's father was English or Scottish ? Perhaps she was from Britain and emmigrated across to the Netherlands.

This interesting Anglo-Scottish surname has three possible origins. The first is from a medieval nickname for a lively, frisky person, and derives from the Middle English "kid(e)", meaning a young goat! The second possible origin is from the Middle English word "kidde" meaning a ****** of wood, and is an occupational surname for a seller of firewood and kindling. The third source is Anglo-Scottish, and is a derivative nickname of "Kit", itself a pet form of the name "Christopher", a Greek personal name introduced by Crusaders returning from the Holy Land in the 12th century. There are a number of variants of the modern surname including Kidd, Kidde, Kyd, Kydde, Kidman, etc. Early examples of the surname recordings include Reginald Kyd in the Hundred Rolls of Oxford for the year 1273, Willelmus Kydde in the 1379 Poll Tax Rolls of the same city, and Roger Kidd, who is recorded as being at "James Cittye, Virginea" on February 23rd 1623. This Roger Kidd was one of the very earliest settlers in the New World. Another was William Kidd of Boston, Massachusetts, who in 1696 was given the command of a privateer to suppress p****y in 1696, but undertook p****y himself, finding it more profitable than being a "Kings man". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Kide, which was dated 1181, in the pipe rolls of the county of Suffolk, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.

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Answer 2

My partner has the last name Kidd, his family is from Scotland. Maybe the Dutch brought it to Scotland or maybe the Scottish brought it Holland?

Answer 3

There isn't a ready made ancestry floating around for you.  If you are really interested, you will have to do some research.

Just a caution, though:  it becomes very addicting.

Answer 4

Your great grandmother's ancestors were probably Scottish or English and immigrated to Holland.  This info is from ancestry.com, check out the link below for other Kidd facts:

KIDD Name Meaning and History

Scottish: from a medieval personal name Kid, a variant of Kit, a pet form of Christopher.

English: from Middle English kid(e) ‘young goat’, hence a nickname for a frisky person or a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd.

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/kidd-famil...

Answer 5

www.familysearch.org has these listings from Holland (or the Netherlands):

Mr. Oliff Kidd -- Birth:     Of, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands ; Death: After DEC 1632 Of, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands



Walter Kidd--Birth:  About 1602   Of, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands

From England is William KIDD , b. 16 Mar 1559 in Cambridge.

Finally, there is (with a varied spelling)--Adam Kydd, listed as "other event" 1379   Snayth, , Yorkshire, England.



www.ancestry.com's One World Tree has this listing with surname Kidd, but from England:

Richardus Kidd

Born:  1530 ,Sykehouse, Derby County,  England  

Died:  1589 ,Settle, Yorkshire, England  

    (NOTE: He came from a family of sheep farmers, weavers, wooltraders in Giggleswick area.  He lived in Settle and was buried at Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England).

www.accessgenealogy.com's Family Tree search has this early listing from Scotland:

James KIDD

Birth  Abt 1671, W. Lothian County

If you had included her name, it would be easier to find.  :)