Stoddard Family History
Stoddard Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e) stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’ ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. English: variant of Stothard an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses from Middle English stot ‘steer bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022