Sheard Family History

English (Yorkshire): from Middle English shard sherd shord ‘cleft gap notch’ (Old English sceard).

The surname may be topographic for someone who lived by a gap (perhaps in a hedge or fence or in a range of hills) or habitational from a place so named such as Shard End in Castle Bromwich (Warwickshire).

It is also linked to other locations like the lost Shert Hall in Disley Stanley (Cheshire).

Additionally, it may refer to Shard near Hambleton (Lancashire).

This etymology reflects the geographical features that influenced the naming conventions in the Yorkshire region.