The ord Surname
ord Name Meaning and History
- English (Northumbria) and Scottish: habitational name from East Ord in Northumberland, named with Old English ord ‘point’. Compare Ort 3.
- English: from a Germanic personal name (see Ort 2).
- Scottish: habitational name from various minor places named with Gaelic ord ‘hammer’, used as a topographical term for a rounded hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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