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ord Name Meaning and History

  1. English (Northumbria) and Scottish: habitational name from East Ord in Northumberland, named with Old English ord ‘point’. Compare Ort 3.
  2. English: from a Germanic personal name (see Ort 2).
  3. 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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The ord name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the ord family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of ord Families in the US in 1920
Number of ord families
 13-23
 5-12		 1-4
 0
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Threads: 56 - Messages: 166
ThreadAuthorReplies
Re - Ord Family Tree Robyn Kneebone 7
George Ord 1810 Northumberland. diamondboys1 0
Wendy Ord Miller lostcrane 2
Mary Ord married a Thomas Kell wendy01702 0
Re: William Cumberland Ord Karen L. Moore 16
Jane ORD (nee Youl) bobkwangi 2
Ords in Durham and Yorkshire rvro 12
Ord family marion brown 9
William Erwin-Elizabeth Ord SusanMarks01 0
William Erwin-Elizabeth Ord SusanMarks01 0
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