Ormrod: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Many Ormrod families will find their roots under Ormerod, the form most records use. At root, the name means “Orm's clearing”.

A variant of Ormerod

Without the “e” of Ormerod, Ormrod is a simpler written form of the same name. Other spellings include Ormroyd.

Ormrod by the numbers

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Ormrod, so the heraldry linked to Ormerod is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Research your Ormrod family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.