Worde History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

Etymology of Worde

What does the name Worde mean?

The original Gaelic form of Worde was Mac Uaid, which means son of Wat.

Early Origins of the Worde family

The surname Worde was first found in County Monaghan (Irish: Muineachán) located in the Northern part of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster.

Early History of the Worde family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Worde research. Another 65 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1750 is included under the topic Early Worde History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Worde Spelling Variations

Scribes and church officials, lacking today's standardized spelling rules, recorded names by how they were pronounced. This imprecise guide often led to the misleading result of one person's name being recorded under several different spellings. Numerous spelling variations of the surname Worde are preserved in documents of the family history. The various spellings of the name that were found include McQuaid, McQuade, McWade, McQuid, McQuoid, McQuaide and many more.

Early Notables of the Worde family

More information is included under the topic Early Worde Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Worde migration to the United States +

A massive wave of Irish immigrants hit North America during the 19th century. Although many early Irish immigrants made a carefully planned decision to leave left Ireland for the promise of free land, by the 1840s immigrants were fleeing a famine stricken land in desperation. The condition of Ireland during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s can be attributed to a rapidly expanding population and English imperial policies. Those Irish families that arrived in North America were essential to its rapid social, industrial, and economic development. Passenger and immigration lists have revealed a number of early Irish immigrants bearing the name Worde:

Worde Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Worde, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1642 1

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)