Gudde Last Name Facts and Heraldry

People named Gudde share a German surname with a long history. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “dweller near a bush, or at the sign of the bush”.

Surname origin

Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

228 Americans were listed as Gudde in the 2010 census. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Guede.

Gudde coat of arms

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Gudde, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

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