The lyde Surname
lyde Name Meaning and History
- topographic name from Old English hlið, hlid, Old Norse hlíð ‘slope’.
- habitational name from places so named in Shropshire, Herefordshire, or Somerset, or on the island of Orkney. The Herefordshire and Somerset places are named with the Old English river name Hl¯de (see Loud).
- from a medieval byname derived from Old English liðe ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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