Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
BLOOD
There are approximately 2,118 people named Blood in the UK. That makes it the 4,299th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 34 are named Blood.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Related and similar surnames
BloydBloede
Bloedow
Bloodough
Blud
Bloodd
Bloode
Bloud
Blowd
Blooda
Bloods
Bloodo
Bloodz
Bloudd
Bloude
Bloodw
Bloody
Bloodeau
Bloedo
Bloodm
Blowood
Bloodis
Blooded
Bloo
The Blood surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: In the Dutch) signifies timorous, cowardly; a simpleton. Lower informs us that Godkin, Blood (S'blood), and Sacre, may be regarded as clipped oaths, and given as names to the persons in the habit of using them; and that in the neighborhood of a fashionable square in London, are now living surgeons whose names are Churchyard, Death, Blood, and Slaughter.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BLOOD. O. Norse hlaudr, bashful, timid. Ferguson.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.