ORIGINS OF THE STALLARD NAME

Below I have written out some origins that I have found in books. I have included the page numbers so you can look up these references at your local Library.

Guinness book of Names: In this book under the heading History of Surnames, there is a section on page 133 titled Henry Guppy's 'Peculiar' Names, the author explains that Henry Guppy in 1890 did a survey of Farmers whom he described as "the most stay-at-home" class of people. From this information he made his lists of various surnames. The last category is for Peculiar names, names found mainly in one County. He found that the STALLARD name was peculiar to Sommerset.

Well do any of your Stallard ancestors originate in Somerset ?. When I checked the IGI for Somerset, I found only a few names listed.

A Dictionary of British Surnames: by P.H. Reaney & Wilcox. 2nd Ed. page 331 Stallard, Stollard:Sybyll Stalward, Stallard 1572, 1573 LedburyPR; Thomas Stollard 1645 Bardsley. A variant of STALLWOOD. Stallman, Stalman: Adam de Stalmyn 1292 QW (La). From Stalmine (Lancs). Stallwood: Reiner Stalewurd 1227 Pat (Nf); John le Stalwrthe 1279 RH (O); William Staleworthe 1327 SR (Ess). OE Staelwirde 'sturdy, robust; brave, courageous'. Stallworthy. Stolworthy: Thomas Stalworthi 1285 Pinchbeck (Sf); John Stalworthy 1327 SRSf. An altered form of Stalworth, after worthy (c1250 NED).

A Dictionary of Surnames: by Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges. Stallard: English: nickname for a valiant or resolute person, from ME Stalward, Stalworth (OE Stoelwierde, a cpd of Stoel place + wierde worthy). vars: Stollard, Stallwood; Stal(l)worthy, Stolworthy: Stal(l)ey.

An extract from The Origin of English Surnames: by P.H. Reaney. Page 28. In the paragraph above P.H. Reaney has explained who the initial S has been lost to some Surnames. "The effect of these changes is well shown in the various modern forms of names from OE staelwurde 'sturdy, robust'. now stalwart and its derivative stalworthy. This latter survives as Stallworthy, Stolworthy and Stollery and is found in 1765 as Stolladay. The former is now Stallard and Stalwood, and is the first element of Stolerman.

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