The ard Surname
ard Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Aird,
including one near Hurlford in Ayrshire, another near Stranraer in
Galloway, and the Aird, the higher part of the Vale of Beauly, near
Inverness. These place names are derived from Gaelic àird(e)
‘height’, ‘promontory’, from àrd ‘high’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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