Vineyard Family History
Vineyard Name Meaning
English: topographic name denoting someone who lived by or worked at a vineyard from Middle English vineyerde vine-yard ‘vineyard’ (Old English wīngeard given a partly French form) or from any place so named such as Wynyard Hall in Grindon (Durham). This surname is now rare in Britain. Compare Wingard . Perhaps also a translation of a cognate in some other language for example German Weingarten .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022