Speed.
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the nickname.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana.
A place in the United States: A minor city in Phillips County, Kansas.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri.
A place in the United States: A town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia.
Where this word comes from
* As an English surname, from Middle English sped (“good fortune”, literally “assistance, aid”). Also from the noun speed. * As an Irish surname, translated from Ó Fuada, from fuad (“haste, hurriedness”). See Foody. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized and translated from Schnell. * Most place names seem to taken from the surname.
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