English: topographic name for someone who lived by a detatched
piece of land or woodland, from Middle English snede, or a
habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English
sn?d), as for example Snead in Worcestershire or The Sneyd
in Staffordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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