Släkthistoria för Paulding
Paulding Vad efternamn betyder
Americanized form of Dutch Paeldinck: metonymic occupational name for a seller or catcher of eels from Middle Dutch paeldinc modern Dutch paling ‘eel’. The surname Paeldinck is no longer found in the Netherlands. English (Lancashire): habitational name from Pauldon in Prestwich with Oldham (Lancashire). The placename may derive from Old English pāl ‘pole’ + denu ‘valley’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
