Ormonde (surname)

Ormonde is an Anglo-Irish surname, a variant spelling of Ormond, and a toponymic territorial designation closely associated with the Ormonde earldom and the Butler dynasty, whose principal members held the peerage title of Earl, Marquess, or Duke of Ormonde. The surname is also found in Portugal and Brazil as a corruption of the Scottish surname Drummond.[1]

Butler dynasty

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References

  1. ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 23 July 2026.