Lydiard
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Liddiard
Etymology edit
Habitational surname from the villages of Lydiard Millicent and Lydiard Tregoze, both in the borough of Swindon. The placename was recorded as Lidgerd or Lidegærd in the Cartularium Saxonicum; the second part of this word coul derive from Welsh garth (“cliff; enclosure”).
Proper noun edit
Lydiard (plural Lydiards)
- A habitational surname from Welsh.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lydiard is the 42299th most common surname in England, belonging to 72 individuals.
References edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lydiard”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 478.
- Forebears