Ward (surname)
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| Region of origin | England, Ireland |
Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066.
The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from the word "werd" ("marsh").
The Old Gaelic surname derives from "Mac an Bhaird" ("son of the Bard"). A bard being a story teller or poet.
The two names are completely unrelated ethnically one being Germanic and the other Celtic. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1176.[1] People with the surname include:
People with surname Ward
Politicians and military
- Aaron Ward (representative) (1790–1867), US Congressman from New York
- Aaron Ward (sailor), US admiral
- Alfred Dudley Ward, British Army officer
- Arnold Ward, British journalist and politician
- Eddie Ward, Australian politician
- Elisha Ward (1804–1860), New York politician
- Frederick Townsend Ward, American mercenary
- George F. Ward (born 1945), former United States ambassador to Namibia
- James Allen Ward, VC, New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Kewley Ward, Canadian lumber merchant and politician
- John Ward (Medal of Honor), Negro Seminole Indian Scout Medal of Honor Winner
- Jonathan Ward (New York), US Congressman from New York
- Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1906–1912 and 1928–1930
- Lafe Ward, American lawyer and politician
- Orlando Ward, American general
- Pat Ward, Iowa State Senator
- Peter J. Ward, Irish politician
- William Thomas Ward (1808–1878), American brigadier general
Sportspeople
- Aaron Ward, hockey player
- Alan Ward, English cricketer
- Andre Ward, American boxer
- Ashley Ward, English footballer
- Brennan Ward (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
- Callan Ward (born 1990), Australian footballer
- Cam Ward (born 1984), hockey goaltender
- Daryle Ward, baseball player
- Dave Ward (rugby union) (born 1985), English rugby union player
- Dennis Ward (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
- Derrick Ward (born 1980), American football player
- Duane Ward, baseball player
- Elliott Ward, English footballer
- Gary Ward (baseball) (born 1940), American college baseball coach
- Hines Ward (born 1976), American football player
- Holcombe Ward, American tennis player
- Jason Ward, Canadian hockey player
- Kenny Ward, Scottish footballer
- Lance Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- Laurie Ward, Australian rugby league footballer
- McLain Ward, Olympic equestrian
- Matt Ward (lacrosse), American lacrosse player
- Micky Ward (born 1965), American boxer
- Mitchell Ward, American football player
- Pat Ward (footballer) (1926–2003), Scottish footballer
- Rebecca Ward, American olympic saber fencer
- Rodger Ward, American racecar driver
- Shawn Ward, American Army Officer
- Steve Ward (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Vanessa Ward, Australian high jumper
- James Ward (tennis), English tennis player
Other people
- Adolphus William Ward (1837–1924), English historian
- Algy Ward, English rock and roll bass guitarist and singer
- Artemas Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Andrew Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, British economist and writer
- Ben Ward (disambiguation) (various; also includes the forenames Bennie and Benjamin)
- Bernard Evans Ward (1857–1933), painter
- Bill Ward (musician), Black Sabbath drummer
- Bill Ward (actor) (born 1967)
- Bill Ward (cartoonist) (1919–1998), "good girl art" cartoonist
- Burt Ward, American actor on the television series Batman
- Charles Ward (disambiguation) (various including Charlie Ward and Chuck Ward)
- Chris Ward (disambiguation), (various)
- Clifford T. Ward, singer-songwriter
- Darren Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- David Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Edward Matthew Ward, English painter
- Edwin Arthur Ward (1860-1933), English painter
- Fred Ward, American actor
- Gemma Ward, Australian supermodel and actress
- Geoffrey Ward, American historian
- Harry Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Henry Augustus Ward (1834–1906), American naturalist
- James Ward (disambiguation) including:
- Jay Ward, American creator and producer of animated television cartoons
- Jeff Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Jennifer Ward (born 1957), Canadian news anchor
- Jim Ward (disambiguation) including:
- Jim Ward, American musician
- Joel Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Jonathan Ward (actor), American actor
- John Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Keith Ward, British cleric, philosopher, theologian and scholar
- Lester Frank Ward, American biologist and sociologist
- Leslie Ward, British caricaturist
- Lyman Ward (various)
- M. Ward, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Mark Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Mary Ward (scientist), Irish multidisciplinary scientist, who may have been the first fatality in a car accident
- Mary Ward (nurse), significant figure in the history of the English canal system; helped generations of boaters and awarded British Empire Medal for her nursing
- Mary Augusta Ward, British author and social reformer who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward
- Mary Ward (nun), English foundress of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an order of Roman Catholic nuns
- Morgan Ward (1901–1963), American mathematician
- Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, inventor of the Wardian case
- Neil B. Ward, American atmospheric scientist and first scientific storm chaser
- Nick Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Patrick Ward, actor
- Patrick Ward (photographer)
- Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time
- Peter Ward (paleontologist), evolutionary biologist
- Philip Henry Ward Jr. (1886–1963), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Rachel Ward (born 1957), British/Australian actress
- Robert Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Robin Ward (disambiguation), entertainment reporter
- Roger Ward, Australian actor
- Singin' Sammy Ward, American rhythm and blues singer
- Sela Ward, American actress
- Selwyn Ward, American actor
- Shayne Ward, British singer, 2005 winner of The X Factor
- Simon Ward, British actor
- Sophie Ward, British actress and daughter of actor, Simon Ward
- Stephen Ward, British doctor involved in the Profumo affair
- Susan Ward, American actress
- Tony Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Tracy Posner Ward, wife of Burt Ward, daughter of Victor Posner
- William George Ward, English theologian and mathematician
- William Henry Ward, on 30 April 1872 was granted a USA patent about telegraphy
- Zack Ward, Canadian actor
- Scooter Ward, Songwriter, musician
- Elizabeth Ward Gracen, American actress and 1982 Miss America winner
Fictional characters
- Charles Ward, an H.P. Lovecraft character
- Luke Ward, character in the television program, The OC
- Mycroft Ward, main antagonist from The Raw Shark Texts
- Thomas J. Ward, main antagonist from The Wardstone Chronicles
- Victor Ward, main character of the Bret Easton Ellis novel Glamorama
- Vivian Ward, title character in the film Pretty Woman
- Fleet Admiral H.T Ward, minor character in the Halo Series
- Grant Ward, character in the television show "Agents of SHIELD"
- Risa Ward, a main character in the book series "Unwind"
References
- ↑ "Surname: Ward". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-12.