The story
- Old English · derived fromsċeard“notch, gap; shard”
- English todayShoard
Topographic surname for someone who lived by a gap between hills, or by a cleft in rocks, from Old English sċeard (“notch, gap; shard”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishsċeard all →
shardShadwellShardlow
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.