Ward

Where Ward comes from

* As an English surname, from the noun ward and related cognates such as warden, guard etc. * As an Irish surname, reduced from McWard, from mac an bard (“son of the poet”). * As a Jewish surname, adapted from Warshawski, named after Warsaw. Comparable to Warszawski. * As a French surname, Americanized from Guerin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ward
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #305 among boys — 30 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1899
    Peak, #240
    48 babies named Ward — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1903
    Ward Bond born
    American actor
  4. 1914
    Ward Kimball born
    American animator
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,105.
In the dictionary
  • An English male given name.
Namesakes
  • Ward Bond · American actor, 1903–1960
  • Ward Kimball · American animator, 1914–2002
  • Ward Horton · American actor, born 1976
  • Ward Moore · American writer, 1903–1978
  • Ward Crane · American actor, 1890–1928

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.