Släkthistoria för Glazzard
Glazzard Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Glazier alias Glas(s)ier with reduction of [zj] to [z] and [sj] to [s] + an excrescent -d giving Glaz(z)ard and Glassard. Compare Johan Glasierd 1601 Apolline Glazard 1687 in IGI (Lindridge Worcs). Also compare Thomas Glasher 1596 in IGI (Ribbesford Worcs) with John Glazzard 1645 in Parish Registers (Ribbesford Worcs) where Glasher represents a pronunciation of Glas(s)ier in which [sj] is simplified to [ʃ].
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
