Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname LAIRD.

LAIRD. The same as Lord, from L, the, and ord or aird, Gaelic, supreme, high, eminence, highness; Lerad, Laird, from radh, saying, declaring, expressing, affirming an adage or proverb; giving or uttering law, from the verb abair. See Lord.

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