Beddoe is a surname of Welsh origin. It originates from Bettws or Betws (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbɛtʊs]), a Welsh name that is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English bed-hus—i.e. a bead-house: a house of prayer, or oratory.^[1] At the time of the British Census of 1881,^[2] its frequency was highest in Pembrokeshire (over 65 times the national average), followed by Cambridgeshire, Shropshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Carmarthenshire, Staffordshire, Cardiganshire and Warwickshire.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Martin Beddoe (born 1955), British judge
• Alan Beddoe (1893–1975), Canadian artist, consultant in heraldry, and founder of the Heraldry Society of Canada
• Clive Beddoe (born 1947), founding shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of WestJet Airlines
• Dan Beddoe (1863–1937), Welsh tenor
• Don Beddoe (1903–1991), American character actor
• John Beddoe (1826–1911), British ethnologist
• Valerie Beddoe (born 1960), Australian diver

Fictional characters

• Philo Beddoe, a character played by Clint Eastwood in the films Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can

See also

• David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe, British politician and member of the House of Lords
• Beddoe Rees, British architect and politician
• Beddoe–Rose Family Cemetery, New York State
• Bedo (disambiguation)
• Beddoes

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