Släkthistoria för Gelding
Gelding Vad efternamn betyder
the Notts name is possibly a metathesized form of Gedling.alternatively from Middle English gelding gilding ‘castrated man eunuch’ (Old Scandinavian geldingr) or from the same notion applied to horses or pigs. For a possible occupational association compare Roberto Gyldhog (‘geld pig’) 1379 in Poll Tax (Wyboston Beds).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
