The English surname Moodie, also found in Ireland is a nickname for a courageous, arrogant, or foolhardy person, or one quickly moved to anger, from Middle English modie meaning “impetuous, haughty, or angry.” The name has been in Ireland since the 13th Century and is most frequently found in county Wicklow in the East and counties Antrim and Derry in the North. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alwine Modi, which was dated 1100, in "Old English Bynames", Devonshire.
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