Details for the forename Ackroyd

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Ackroyd (surname)


Variants:	Akred (S)
Can be spelt:	Acroyd (S) Akeroyd (S) Akroyd (S) Aykroyd (S) Ecroyd (S)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	English, apparently common in West Yorkshire, from Northern Middle English or Old English "oak" + "clearing" for someone living in a clearing in an oak wood.