The story
- Old English · derived fromrōd“cross; a measure of land area”
- English todayOrmerod
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old Norse personal name Ormr + Old English rōd (“cross; a measure of land area”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishrōd all →
RhodeRhodesrood
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.