Tidy as a
surname
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Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
derives from the Middle English word ''tidef'', which designated a type of small bird.
[''Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames'', Reaney & Wilson, Oxford University Press 2005]
People with the name include:
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Bill Tidy
William Edward "Bill" Tidy, Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 9 October 1933), is a British cartoonist, writer and television personality, known chiefly for his comic strips. Tidy was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the Brit ...
(1933–2023), English cartoonist
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Charles Meymott Tidy
Charles Meymott Tidy (1843–1892) was an English medical man and sanitary chemist, a barrister who wrote also on legal matters.
Life
Born on 2 February 1843, he was the son of William Callender Tidy, a physician in South Hackney and his wife, Ch ...
(1843–1892), English medical man and sanitary chemist
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Frank Tidy
Frank Tidy (17 May 1932 – 27 January 2017) was an English cinematographer.
Life
Born in Liverpool, Tidy initially worked in stop motion animation before beginning working as a cinematographer. Along with Roger Woodburn and Peter Biziou, he f ...
(1932–2017), British cinematographer
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George Tidy (1930–2023), Scottish footballer
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Henry Letheby Tidy (1877–1960), English physician
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Thomas Holmes Tidy (–1874), British army officer
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Thomas Tidy
Thomas Tidy (9 February 1846 – 26 February 1892) was an English cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1868.
Tidy was probably born at Southborough in Kent in 1846, the son of Thomas and Jane Ti ...
(1846–1892), English cricketer
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Warwick Tidy
Warwick Nigel Tidy (born 10 February 1953) is a former English cricketer. A right-handed batsman who bowled leg breaks and googlies, he played first-class cricket on 36 occasions for Warwickshire between 1970 and 1974, taking 81 wickets at 34.25 ...
(born 1953), English cricketer
References
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English-language surnames