The ormond Surname
ormond Name Meaning and History
Irish (common in Cork and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Ruaidh ‘descendant of Ruadh’, a byname meaning
‘red’, altered by folk etymology to resemble a regional name from the
ancient region of East Munster known as Ormond (Gaelic Ur
Mhumhain). Ó Ruaidh is also Anglicized as Roe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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