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Meaning & History
Possibly derived from the Old English elements hroð "glory, fame" and friþ "peace, happiness". It was mentioned by the 12th-century English historian Reginald of Durham as belonging to a 7th-century Christian woman from Hawick who, with Seigiv, had worshiped at the lost chapel of Saint Cuthbert in the Slitrig Valley.James A. H. Murray, founder of the Oxford English Dictionary, gave this name to his fourth daughter in 1884.