Holmyard

English

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a holm surrounded by a fenced or walled area, from Old Norse holmr (“islet, holm”) + Old English ġeard (“enclosed place”).

Proper noun

Holmyard (plural Holmyards)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Holmyard is the 34216^th most common surname in England, belonging to 100 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holmyard”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194.