Last name: AIRD
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AIRD : This last name is indexed 19,494 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
AIRD : Scottish: habitational name from either the medieval lordship of The Aird (Inverness) or from Aird Farm near Hurlford Ayrshire. Both are named from Gaelic àird(e) ‘height promontory’ or ‘headland’ from the adjective àrd ‘high lofty’ cognate with Latin arduus ‘steep difficult’. Compare Ard.
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