Shedden Family History
Shedden Name Meaning
Scottish: perhaps a habitational name from or associated with Sheddens in Cathcart (Renfrewshire) though this developed into an inhabited place only in the mid 19th century. The name may therefore be from an otherwise unrecorded plural with -en of Scots s(c)hed ‘unitary portion of (mainly arable) land; piece of land; large field’ which generally appears with a plural in -is and is frequent in minor placenames.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022