# Huddy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/huddy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 592 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,591 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 521,530 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (598 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * A pet form of the medieval personal name Hudde. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUada (“descendant of Uada”), a personal name of uncertain origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Huddy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.1% |
| Two or more races | 11% |

## Similar surnames

Hood, Heath, Hewitt, Hyde, Head, Hoyt, Hyatt, Haywood, Hathaway, Hite, Hiatt, Hutto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.