Ironside
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See also: ironside
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]iron + side, from a nickname of Oliver Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".
Noun
[edit]Ironside (plural Ironsides)
- (historical) A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.
Etymology 2
[edit]Two main origins:
- Scottish habitational surname from a place in Aberdeenshire, named with Old English earn (“eagle”) + sīde (“flank, side of a hill”).
- English surname from ironside, a nickname for a warrior.
Proper noun
[edit]Ironside (plural Ironsides)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ironside is the 37029th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 603 individuals. Ironside is most common among White (92.7%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ironside”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 232.