Given name & surname

Coward

Coward is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Coward comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English cūhierde (“cowherd”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Coward’s family of names

In English usage, Coward as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with COWHERD.

Walk Coward’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Coward, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Cobbold

“famous, renowned” · “bold, brave”

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Old English

Comar

“narrow valley, combe”

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92% boys · 8% girls

Old English

Oxnard

Oxnard is a surname from Old English.

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Old English

Cockfield

“field”

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Old English

Cowley

“cow”

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86% boys · 14% girls

Old English

Corbridge

“a nearby city”

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Old English

Dorward

“door”

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Old English

Cornforth

“crane”

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Sibling ideas

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