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Lydiard
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Liddiard
Etymology
Habitational surname from the villages of en Lydiard Millicent and en 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 en cy garth cliff; enclosure.
Proper noun
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en habitational Welsh.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lydiard is the 42299th most common surname in England, belonging to 72 individuals.
References
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
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