e/Ward (surname)

Information
has gloss	eng: Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066. The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from the word "werd" ("marsh"). The Old Gaellic surname derives from "Mac an Bhaird" ("son of the Bard"). The two names are completly unrelated ethnically one being Germanic and the other Celtic. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1176. People with the surname include:
lexicalization	eng: Ward
instance of	(noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) last name, family name, surname, cognomen

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Ward ist ein Vor- und Familienname.
lexicalization	deu: Ward