Elwerd is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Elwerd
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Lastname is the variant of the Ellwood. See Elwood - Several tenants in chief in Domesday are called Alwoldus or Aldwold, a contraction of the Anglo-Saxon Æthelwald. A border clan of Elwood existed temp. Elizabeth. In a MS. tract copied in Archäologia, XXII., 168, it is stated in reference to Liddesdale, that "the strength of this country consisteth two surnames of Armestronges and Elwoodes."

Elwerd is the variant of the Aylward. Ælward and Ailward were personal names before 1086.

The family name is the variant form of the Aylward. Descendant of Aylward meaning noble, guardian.

Elwerd is a form of the Alward. Variant of Alford meaning one who came from a place named Alford which means the alder ford, or the ford of Ealdgyth.

Elwerd is the variation of Ellard. Descendant of Alward or Elward meaning "elf guardian," or of Eliard meaning "little Elias".

A variation of Ellard. Elard, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

Elwerd is the form of Hallward. The keeper of a hall.

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