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Meaning & History
Coady or Cody originated in the Southern Counties of Ireland. The Norman family Odo le Ercedekne acquired land in Kilkenny, Ireland in early 1300's. In medieval records it was spelled Lerceddkne and then Archdeken and then Archdeacon. For example, there was a Patrick Coady Archdeacon born in 1696 in Kilkenny. The Irish people spoke Gaelic and so the original French name was Gallicized into MacOdo, MacCoda, MacCody from the Gaelic surname Mac Óda.