Ironside Family History
Ironside Name Meaning
Scottish:: from Middle English or Older Scots irenside (Old English īren ‘iron’ + sīde ‘side’) a nickname for an iron-clad warrior or a man of great bravery. The best-known bearer of this nickname (not as a surname) was Edmund Ironside who was briefly king of England in 1016. habitational name from a place so named in the parish of New Deer in Aberdeenshire. This was probably named with the Old English elements earn ‘eagle’ + sīde ‘side’ (of a hill).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022