indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname (from occupation & from location)
Usage English
Meaning & History
from Middle English vineyerde vine-yard "vineyard" (Old English wīngeard given a partly French form) hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a vineyard or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one or a habitational name from any place so named such as Wynyard Hall in Grindon (Durham). English cognate of Vinogradov.