Giddy
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OE gydig, gidig ‘possessed of an evil spirit’, ‘mad, insane’; first attested Herbert Gidi 1115 Winton (Ha)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɡɪdi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Giddy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 106K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 156K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 320K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 76 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 106K (inferred from the name graph)
≈230 people, est.
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE gydig, gidig ‘possessed of an evil spirit’, ‘mad, insane’; first attested Herbert Gidi 1115 Winton (Ha)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Giddy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 929K | — | Giddy | 16 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 320K | — | Giddy | 19 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 156K | — | Giddy | 59 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 432K | — | Giddy | 75 |
| US United States | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | listed | Giddy | 76 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 497K | — | Giddy | 29 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 106K | — | Giddy | 22 |
| IN India | — | 13 | 1 in 102M | 13 | — | 4 |
| SH St. Helena | #984 | — | — | — | Giddy | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Giddy is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 13 | #104,838 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 10 | #95,564 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Giddy mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE gydig, gidig ‘possessed of an evil spirit’, ‘mad, insane’; first attested Herbert Gidi 1115 Winton (Ha) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Giddy?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡɪdi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Giddy have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 230 people named Giddy in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled giddy.
- How common is the name Giddy?
- In India, the national register counted 13 people named Giddy, about 1 in 102 million residents.
- How common is Giddy compared with other names?
- In St. Helena, Giddy is the 984th most common surname of 3,440 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Giddy” — the 984th most common surname in St. Helena. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.