Ward Meaning England. Early Origins of the Ward family The surname Ward was first found in County Galway Irish. A township may or may not be coterminous with a chapelry manor or any other minor area of local administration.
It is a name for a forester. Ward noun C CITY AREA in many countries one of the areas into which a city or town is divided having its own elected political representative or its own organizations for. Alex was made a ward of court.
The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1176.
The surname Ward is for a guard having derived from the Old English word ward meaning guardian or watchman. Ward appeared in Donegal and Galway as an anglicization of the Gaelic mac an Bhaird meaning son of the bard. Also called a stay-back or stoppy-back in Northern England. A division floor or room of.
