from the personal name
Ewart, an Anglo-Norman French form of Edward.
occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English
ewehirde, from Old English eowu ‘ewe’ + hierde
‘herdsman’.
habitational name from a place in Northumbria named
Ewart, from Old English ea ‘river’ + wor{dh}
‘enclosure’; it is enclosed on three sides by the rivers Glen and
Till.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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