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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.

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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. People with the surname include:

Disambiguation of common given names with this surname

  • Andrew Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Artemas Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Alan Ward (disambiguation Irish vehicle mechanic residing in County Down of the notable Ward family of *Comber
  • Ben Ward (disambiguation) (various; also includes the forenames Bennie and Benjamin)
  • Charles Ward (disambiguation) (various including Charlie Ward and Chuck Ward)
  • Chris Ward (disambiguation), (various)
  • Darren Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • David Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Harry Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • James Ward (disambiguation) including:
  • Jeff Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Jim Ward (disambiguation) including:
  • Joel Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • John Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Lyman Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Mark Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Nick Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Robert Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Tony Ward (disambiguation) (various)
  • Arts

  • Algy Ward, English rock and roll bass guitarist and singer
  • Bernard Evans Ward (1857–1933), painter
  • Bill Ward (actor) (born 1967)
  • Bill Ward (cartoonist) (1919–1998), "good girl art" cartoonist
  • Bill Ward (musician), Black Sabbath drummer
  • Burt Ward, American actor on the television series Batman
  • Clifford T. Ward, singer-songwriter
  • Edward Matthew Ward, English painter
  • Elizabeth Ward Gracen, American actor and 1982 Miss America winner
  • Fred Ward, American actor
  • Gemma Ward, Australian supermodel and actor
  • Helen Ward (singer) (1913–1998), American singer
  • Henry Snowden Ward (1865–1911), English photographer
  • Hugh J. Ward (1871–1941) American comic actor with career in Australia
  • Jay Ward, American creator and producer of animated television cartoons
  • Jennifer Ward (born 1957), Canadian news anchor
  • Jillian Ward, Filipina child actress
  • Jonathan Ward (actor), American actor
  • Lance Ward, cartoonist
  • Leslie Ward, British caricaturist
  • M. Ward, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Michael Ward (disambiguation), Canadian comedian
  • Patrick Ward (actor), actor
  • Patrick Ward (photographer)
  • Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time
  • Rachel Ward (born 1957), British/Australian actress
  • Robin Ward (disambiguation), entertainment reporter
  • Roger Ward, Australian actor
  • Scooter Ward, Songwriter, musician
  • Sela Ward, American actress, author, and producer
  • Selwyn Ward, American actor
  • Shayne Ward, British singer, 2005 winner of The X Factor
  • Simon Ward, British actor
  • Singin' Sammy Ward, American rhythm and blues singer
  • Sophie Ward, British actor and daughter of actor Simon Ward
  • Susan Ward, American actor
  • Zack Ward, Canadian actor
  • Politics 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
  • Daniel P. Ward, American jurist
  • 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
  • Sciences

  • Henry Augustus Ward (1834–1906), American naturalist
  • Lester Frank Ward, American biologist and sociologist
  • Mary Ward (scientist), Irish multidisciplinary scientist
  • Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, inventor of the Wardian case
  • Neil B. Ward, American atmospheric scientist and first scientific storm chaser
  • Morgan Ward (1901–1963), American mathematician
  • Peter Ward (paleontologist), evolutionary biologist
  • William George Ward, English theologian and mathematician
  • William Henry Ward, holder of telegraphy patent
  • Sports

  • Aaron Ward, hockey player
  • Alan Ward, English cricketer
  • Andre Ward, American boxer
  • Ashley Ward, English footballer
  • Brennan Ward (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
  • Brent Ward, New Zealand Rugby union player
  • Callan Ward (born 1990), Australian footballer
  • Cam Ward (born 1984), hockey goaltender
  • Danny Ward (born 1993), Welsh football player
  • 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
  • Francis Ward (born 1900), New Zealand Rugby union player
  • Gary Ward (baseball) (born 1940), American college baseball coach
  • Hines Ward (born 1976), American football player
  • Holcombe Ward, American tennis player
  • James Ward (tennis), English tennis player
  • Jason Ward, Canadian hockey player
  • Kenny Ward, Scottish footballer
  • Lance Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Laurie Ward, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Paul Ward born 1964 Motorcycle racer Steve Ward motorcycle racer Carl Ward motorcycle racer

  • Leslie Ward (cricketer), English cricketer
  • Matt Ward (lacrosse), American lacrosse player
  • McLain Ward, Olympic equestrian
  • Micky Ward (born 1965), American boxer
  • Mitchell Ward, American football player
  • Natalie Ward (born 1975), Australian softball player
  • Pat Ward (footballer) (1926–2003), Scottish footballer
  • Rebecca Ward, American olympic saber fencer
  • Robbie Ward, English rugby league footballer
  • Rodger Ward, American racecar driver
  • Steve Ward (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Tyler Ward, All-Around American Athlete (2012)
  • Vanessa Ward, Australian high jumper
  • Other

  • Adolphus William Ward (1837–1924), English historian
  • Sir Alan Ward, British judge
  • Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, British economist and writer
  • Geoffrey Ward, American historian
  • Keith Ward, British cleric, philosopher, theologian and scholar
  • Mary Ward (nun), English foundress of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Mary Ward (nurse), nurse and significant figure in the history of the English canal system
  • Mary Augusta Ward, British author and social reformer who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward
  • Philip Henry Ward Jr. (1886–1963), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (1827-1896), American socialite.
  • Stephen Ward, British doctor involved in the Profumo affair
  • Tracy Posner Ward, wife of Burt Ward, daughter of Victor Posner
  • 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 protagonist 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

    Ward (surname) Wikipedia