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Distribution of the surname Speedy in the United Kingdom in 1881 and 1998. Speedy surname has two possible, related, origins; the first is of Anglo-Saxon, pre-Conquest date, and is an example of the widespread and common practice of creating a surname from a nickname. In this instance the nickname was first applied to a fortunate person, from the Olde English pre 7th Century "sped", meaning generally, success, good fortune, smooth progress, and retaining its original spelling in the Middle English term "sped". The modern sense of the word, "swiftness", is an obvious development of this usage. The second possible origin of the modern surname is also from a nickname, created from a derived sense of "sped" as before, here applied to a swift runner. The surname was most common in theUK on the Scottish side of the eastern Borders region in both 1881 and 1998. Click on image or here for enlarged view (Source of maps -- The National Trust Names.) http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/

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