Sword
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Sword (plural Swords)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sword is the 9997th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3225 individuals. Sword is most common among White (93.02%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sword”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.