Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : From the sea

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Seward

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from a Middle English personal name representing two originally distinct personal names, Siward and Seward, Old English Sigeweard and Sǣweard, composed of the elements sige ‘victory’ and ‘sea’ + weard ‘guard’, ‘protect’. They became confused in the late Old English period.
  • English : occupational name for a swineherd, from Old English ‘pig’ + hierde ‘herdsman’.
  • Irish : when not of English origin (see 1 above) a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Suaird, Ó Suairt, usually Anglicized as Sword.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe