25%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Anglo-Saxon [1] Meaning & History Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and weard "guard". People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class devious strong refined strange complex Categories defence, leadership, protection, royalty, watchful Sources & References Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.