Giddings is a

locational surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, called

Great Gidding Great Gidding is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Great Gidding lies approximately north-west of Huntingdon. The village has a Church of England primary school, playing field, corner shop, ...

Little Gidding Little Gidding is a small village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies approximately northwest of Huntingdon, near Sawtry, within Huntingdonshire, which is a district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county. A small p ...

and Steeple Gidding.

List of people with the surname Giddings

* David Giddings (1806–1900), American territorial legislator, engineer, and businessman * Dewitt Clinton Giddings (1827–1903), American politician *

Franklin Henry Giddings Franklin Henry Giddings (March 23, 1855 – June 11, 1931) was an American sociologist and economist. Biography Giddings was born at Sherman, Connecticut. He graduated from Union College (1877). For ten years he wrote items for the Springfi ...

(1855–1931), an American sociologist and economist * Harry Giddings, Jr. (1884–1949), a Canadian trainer and breeder of horses *

Joshua Reed Giddings Joshua Reed Giddings (October 6, 1795 – May 27, 1864) was an American attorney, politician and a prominent opponent of slavery. He represented Northeast Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1838 to 1859. He was at first a member of ...

(1795–1864), an American statesman and a prominent opponent of slavery *

Lara Giddings Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings (born 14 November 1972) is a former Australian politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she ...

(born 1972), an Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania *

Marsh Giddings Marsh Giddings (19 November 1816 – 3 June 1875) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, who was appointed as U.S. consul-general to India and later served as the governor of New Mexico Territory from 1871 to 1875. Early life Giddings ...

(1816–1875), a US politician * Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (1816–1897), United States Senator *

J. Calvin Giddings John Calvin Giddings (September 26, 1930 – October 24, 1996) was a professor of chemistry specialist of chromatography and separation techniques at the University of Utah. Obituary by Marcus Myers, ''Chromatographia 43'', (11-12), 583, 1996 He ...

(1930-1996), US American chemistry professor * J. Wight Giddings (1858–1933), American politician *

Paula Giddings Paula J. Giddings (born 1947 in Yonkers, New York) is an American writer, historian, and civil rights activist. She is the author of ''When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America,'' ''In Search of Sisterhood: Delta ...

(born 1947), a writer and African-American historian * Ruth Giddings (1911–2015), Irish contract bridge player * Stuart Giddings (born 1986), an English footballer *Jace Giddings (Born 1987), American activist known for his crusade against the

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