Lydiard
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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