Liddell

English Etymology Variant of en Liddel, from en enm Lidelesdale &c., from en ang hlÿde loud, River Lid + ang dæl dale, valley, now Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water. Proper noun ~ s en. en locality carea/Singleton s/New South Wales c/Australia. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Liddell is the 6874th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4892 individuals. Liddell is most common among White (51.66%) and Black/African American (42.89%) individuals. Further reading Hanks, Patrick & al. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016), pp. 15845.