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Definition: 1) An occupational name for a "guard or watchman," from Old English "weard" = guard. 2) A geographical name for a person who lived near a guardhouse or fortress.
Surname Origin:
English
Alternate Surname Spellings:
WARDE, WARDMAN, WORDMAN, WARDS
More Resources for the Surname WARD :
Common Surname Search Tips WARD Family Genealogy Forum WARD Family Trees on the Web FamilySearch - WARD Genealogy WARD Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - WARD Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - WARD Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - WARD Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - WARD Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
