# Shoard

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Topographic surname for someone who lived by a gap between hills, or by a cleft in rocks, from Old English sċeard (“notch, gap; shard”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shoard