Allward Family History
Allward Name Meaning
from the Middle English personal name Alward Elward a reduced form of several Old English male given names such as Ælfweard (Middle English Alfward) Ealdweard and (especially in Devon) Æðelweard which survives as Middle English Aylward Alward and probably Elward. By the 12th century these names from ælf ‘elf sprite’ and æðel ‘noble’ + weard ‘ward guardian’ were often confused. Ailwardus grossus and Ælward judex occur also as Alfward and Ailward respectively (about 1116 in
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016