Given name & surname
Ordway
“a fighter armed with a spear”
Ordway is used as a given name and a surname. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a fighter armed with a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a fighter armed with a spear.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.
Ordway’s family of names
Ordway has a related form in Ordwae. Ordway has a related form in Ordwai. Ordway has a related form in Ordwaye.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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