Sword

Sword

See also: sword and s-word

English

Alternative forms

• Soard

Etymology

Various origins:

• Metonymic occupational surname for a sword maker or armorer.
• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suaird (“descendant of Suard”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Sigvarðr.

Proper noun

Sword (plural Swords)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sword is the 9997^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3225 individuals. Sword is most common among White (93.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sword”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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