Handiside is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Handiside
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning:

Variant form of Handyside. This name was derived from the personal deformity seems to be supported by the existence of the Norman sobriquet, or surname, borne by Raoul Tortes-mains, (literally "twisted or crooked hands,") to whom the Conqueror gave a wife and lands in Yorkshire.

A variant form of Handyside. As the orthography in the XVII. century was Handasyd, this name was perhaps originally given to a person who had a badly formed or ill-set hand. It may however be local-side being a very usual termination.

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