Type Word & Element
Usage Old High German
Meaning & History
Old High German word meaning "guard, guardian".
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Other Languages & Culturesweard(Anglo-Saxon) ward(Frankish) wards(Gothic) warda(Late Roman) wardaz(Old Germanic) vǫrðr(Old Norse) ward(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsTjaart(Afrikaans) Sigeweard(Anglo-Saxon) Sigurd(Danish) Dieuwke, Sjoerd, Tjeerd, Sieuwerd(Dutch) Seward(English) Dieuwert, Dieuwke, Sjoerd, Tjaard, Tjeerd(Frisian) Siegward(German) Sigiward, Siward, Theodoard(Germanic) Sigurður(Icelandic) Sievert(Low German) Sigurd, Sigurðr(Norse Mythology) Sigurd, Sivert, Sjurd(Norwegian) Sigiwardaz(Old Germanic) Sigurðr(Old Norse) Sigurd, Sigvard, Sivert(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsMarquering(Dutch) Seward, Sowards(English) Markwardt, Marquardt(German) Sigurdsson, Sigurðsson(Icelandic) Ó Suaird, Seward, Sowards(Irish) Sigurdsson(Swedish)