The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
English place name (usually used as a last name) meaning, essentially, “a settlement of huts”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Huds? Huddie? Hudmeister?

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Sir Huddleston Fuddleston (which is a fantastic name) is a neighbor of Sir Pitt Crawley, in Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray (published in 1847-48, but set in the 1810s-20s).

Tagged: 1810s, 1820s, 1840s, English, H