Horder

See also: horder

English

Etymology

Two possible etymologies:

• From Middle English horder (“keeper of a store of goods”), an occupational surname for a person who looked after other people's money.
• A variant of Middle English herder (“herdsman”), an occupational surname.

Proper noun

Horder (plural Horders)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Horder is the 11884^th most common surname in England, belonging to 478 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Horder”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 201.