Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish female personal name Hodes (Hebrew Hadasa ‘myrtle’; English spelling Hadassah).Polish : from a variant of Chodysz or Chadys, pet forms of the eastern Slavic personal name Chodor. Compare Hodor.English : variant of Hood 1.