Lydiard

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proper noun

A habitational surname from Welsh.

OriginWelsh garth →
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Meanings

proper nounLydiard (plural Lydiards)

plural Lydiards · alternative Liddiard

  1. A habitational surname from Welsh.

Origin

  1. Welshgarth“cliff; enclosure”
  2. EnglishLydiard

Habitational surname from the villages of Lydiard Millicent and Lydiard Tregoze, both in the borough of Swindon. The placename was recorded as Lidgerd or Lidegærd in the Cartularium Saxonicum; the second part of this word coul derive from Welsh garth (“cliff; enclosure”).

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APA

Lydiard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lydiard

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“Lydiard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lydiard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lydiard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lydiard.

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