Frequency: (121)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Dutch and North German: patronymic from a Middle Dutch pet form of Theudilo, a short form of Germanic compound names formed with an unattested element, theudo- ‘people’, ‘tribe’.
2. English (Wiltshire and Gloucestershire): unexplained.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
