Maddock (surname)
Maddock is a Welsh surname. Maddock is the anglicised spelling of 'Madog', which originates from the ancient Welsh male given name 'Matoc', a diminutive of 'mad' meaning 'fortunate' or 'good'.[1] There are many variations to the name; Maddox, Maddick, Mattock, Mattack, Maddog, Madog, Madoc.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bea Maddock, artist
- Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock
- Hopkin Maddock (1881–1921), Wales international rugby union player
- Joe Maddock (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kenneth Maddock, Australian anthropologist
- Thomas Herbert Maddock, English MP
- Walter Maddock, who briefly served as governor of North Dakota in the 1920s
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