Ormond (surname)

Ormond or Ormand is an old surname, originated in Ireland (Ormonde) and Scotland (Ormond), but also occurring in England, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Portugal (mainly in Azores, as a variation of the scottish surname Drummond) and Brazil.

The Irish surname derives from the Irish toponym Oirmhumhain 'East Munster' and was a hereditary title within the Irish aristocracy.

However, the Scottish Ormonds originate from the county of Angus, where the Douglas family held the title of earl of Ormond, deriving from their ownership of Ormond Castle in Avoch, on the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands. The Ormond surname is rumoured to have been taken up by an illegitimate son of the earl in the 15th or 16th century. The earliest Ormond in Angus to feature on the parish records is Elspit Ormond, born 1617 in Monikie, the daughter of James Ormond.

There is also an Ormond family in Pembrokeshire, Wales, which is of great antiquity. David Ormond is the first recorded Ormond in Pembrokeshire, who was a church rector recorded in 1397. The National Archives hold the will of William Ormond of Pembrokeshire, which was written in 1610.

The name can vary in spelling in old texts (as is typical of the English language generally). However the spelling Ormond is specific to the earldom, while Ormonde with an e is specific to the dukedom.

In Portugal, the surname traces back to Sir John Drummond, son of Sir John Drummond of Carghill and Stobhall, who left Scotland in 1418, set off for France and from there to the kingdom of Granada (Spain) to fight against the moors, and later he set off for the island of Madeira (Portugal). Francisco Ferreira Drummond (b. Madeira, 1580, d. Azores, 1615) migrated to the island of Terceira in the Azores archipelago (Portugal), where he established his residence in Ribeira Seca, part of the town of S. Sebastião. From this date onwards, the surname Drummond undergoes various corruptions, such as 'Armond' and 'de Ormonde', eventually consolidating into the form 'Ormond' in Brazil. The oldest record would be of 1691 (Manuel Machado Ormonde). Their descendants also emigrated mainly to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and California (USA).

People

 * Bert Ormond, New Zealand international football (soccer) player
 * Counts of Ormond, counts of the Holy Roman Empire
 * Dale Ormond, first civilian director of RDECOM
 * Danny Ormand, current head of newly created Arkansas State Agency. A.C.I.C. Arkansas Crime Information Center and former county sheriff.
 * Duncan Ormond, New Zealand international football (soccer) player
 * Earl of Ormonde (Irish)
 * Earl of Ormonde (Scottish)
 * Francis Ormond, Australian philanthropist, founder of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and patron of the University of Melbourne
 * Gibby Ormond (1933–2010), Scottish footballer
 * George Ormond (1889–1980), Scottish footballer (Rangers, Morton)
 * Sir Herbert Ormond, English mayor, J.P. and draper
 * Ian Ormond, New Zealand international football (soccer) player
 * Jack Ormond, aka Tiaki Omana, former New Zealand Maori politician and rugby player
 * James Ormond (disambiguation)
 * Joan Ormond (died 1507), wife of John Ormond, esquire
 * John Ormond, Welsh poet and filmmaker
 * John Davies Ormond, superintendent of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
 * Sir John Davies Wilder Ormond, chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board, exports and shipping council and shipping line
 * Hon. John James Ormond, associate justice, Alabama Supreme Court (1837–1847)
 * Julia Ormond, British actress
 * Louisa Ormond (1798–1868), wife of Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes
 * Mary Ormond, wife of notorious English pirate Blackbeard
 * Richard Louis Ormond, (CBE), former director of the National Maritime Museum and noted author
 * Roger Ormond, member of the Royal Council of North Carolina, North Carolina statesman
 * Ron Ormond, American filmmaker
 * Saint Ormond, French saint of the 6th-century Catholic church; feastday January 23; elected Abbot of St. Maire c. 587
 * Vicki Ormond, New Zealand international football (soccer) player
 * Violet Sargent Ormond, sister of John Singer Sargent
 * Wayne Ormond (businessman), Australian businessman
 * Willie Ormond, Scotland international football (soccer) player and manager
 * Hon. Wyriott Ormond Sr., attorney general of North Carolina, justice of the peace, sheriff principal, member of the Upper House and the lower house of North Carolina