Shoard

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a gap between hills, or by a cleft in rocks, from Old English sċeard (“notch, gap; shard”).

Shoard (plural Shoards)

1. A surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shoard is the 34216^th most common surname in England, belonging to 100 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shoard”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Rhoads, hardos, Hoards, Drahos, hoards, drosha