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Naidoo Surname Meaning

Indian (Andhra Pradesh): from Telugu nāyḍu ‘chief’

(from Sanskrit nāya ‘leader chief’ + the Telugu third-person masculine suffix -ḍu).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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