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The name Ord is pre-Norman, probably of Angle or Jutish origin. The Angles and Jutes came from the area of present-day Denmark. The name Ord certainly originates there and there are people living in Denmark, low Germany, and the Flemish speaking areas of Europe named Ord, Orrd, Ourd, and Urd. There was a Countess Ord involved in the Flemish uprising against Spanish rule in the 1500s or 1600s and land grants were made to Ords in both Durham and Northumberland in Britain in the 1100s.
The name Ord may mean "a point" as in a point of land, an arrowhead or spearhead. The name Ord may also derive from the Latin "ordo" meaning "order, a straight row". The word "ordinance" originally referred to stores of arrows and spearheads. The word "order" means "to point the way, to give direction", but it also means "to set in a straight row". The word "goad" comes from "go"+ "ord", meaning "go-point", a sharp stick used to make cattle or horses move faster.
Another etymology was sent to me by David Ord from the UK. He claims that Ord is also derived from a Gaelic name for a war hammer that was flat on one side and pointed on the other. Such a definition seems consistent with those given above.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rykbrown/ord_of_puslinch.htm
Ryk Brown
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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