Ward (surname)

Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066 and Ireland, common in English-speaking countries.

Arms of the Ward family include Azure, a cross patoncé or[1] as well as azure, a cross flory or[2]

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 Gaelic surname derives from Mac an Bháird (“son of the Bard”), a bárd being a storyteller or poet. The two names are completely unrelated linguistically one being Germanic and the other Celtic. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1176.[3]

In the 2010 United States Census, Ward was the 79th most common surname.[4] It is the 78th most common surname in Ireland.[5] It was the 31st most common surname in the 1991 UK census and 40th in 2001 census,[6] and in 2007, was found to be the most common surname in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.[7]

People with the surname include:

People with surname Ward

Disambiguation of common given names with this surname
  • Alan Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Andrew Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Artemas Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Ben Ward (disambiguation) (various; also includes the forenames Bennie and Benjamin)
  • Bill Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Charles Ward (disambiguation) (various including Charlie Ward and Chuck Ward)
  • Chris Ward (disambiguation), (various)
  • Darren Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • David Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Harry Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • James Ward (disambiguation) including:
  • Jeff Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Jim Ward (disambiguation) including:
  • Joel Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • John Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Lyman Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Mark Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Michael Ward (disambiguation)
  • Nick Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Robert Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Robin Ward (disambiguation)
  • Tony Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • William Ward (disambiguation) (various)

Arts

Humanities
  • Adolphus William Ward (1837–1924), English historian
  • Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, British economist and writer
  • Geoffrey Ward, American historian
  • Keith Ward, British cleric, philosopher, theologian and scholar
  • Mary Augusta Ward, British author and social reformer who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward
  • May Alden Ward (1853-1918), American author

Politics and military

Sciences

Sports

Other
  • Adam Ward, photojournalist murdered on television along with a colleague in 2015
  • Ann Ward Fashion model
  • Hansford Ward born John Ralph Hansford Ward (1817–1903), ship owner and captain in South Australia
  • Mary Ward (nun), English foundress of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Mary Ward (nurse), nurse and significant figure in the history of the English canal system
  • Philip Henry Ward Jr. (1886–1963), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (1827-1896), American socialite.
  • Stephen Ward, British doctor involved in the Profumo affair
  • Tracy Posner Ward, wife of Burt Ward, daughter of Victor Posner

Fictional characters
  • Charles Ward, an H.P. Lovecraft character
  • J.D. Ward, main antagonist from High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
  • Luke Ward, character in the television program, The OC
  • Mycroft Ward, main antagonist from The Raw Shark Texts
  • Thomas J. Ward, main protagonist from The Wardstone Chronicles
  • Victor Ward, main character of the Bret Easton Ellis novel Glamorama
  • Vivian Ward, title character in the film Pretty Woman
  • Fleet Admiral H.T Ward, minor character in the Halo Series
  • Grant Ward, character in the television show Agents of SHIELD
  • Risa Ward, a main character in the book series Unwind
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References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 241. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. Crozier, William Armstrong (1904). Crozier's General Armory: A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. Genealogical association. p. 132. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. "Surname: Ward". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  4. "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 2010 Census". US Census Bureau. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  5. "100 Irish surnames explained". IrelandInformation.com.
  6. Buchhorn, Wolfgang. "Names and That - Ward/Wards". www.lostancestors.eu.
  7. "The 50 most common British surnames, by postal town" (PDF). The Guardian. 15 April 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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