# Sneyd

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For other uses, see [Sneyd (disambiguation)](/source/Sneyd_(disambiguation)).

**Sneyd** is a family surname of [English](/source/English_people) origin. It derives from the [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) word snede ([Old English](/source/Old_English) snǣd), meaning "a detached piece of land or woodland", and identified someone who lived in or came from such a location. It has its geographical origin in the [English](/source/England) counties of [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire) and [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire). Common variations include **Snead**, **Sneed**, **Sneath**, **Sneede** and **Snede**.

- [Doug Sneyd](/source/Doug_Sneyd) (1931–2025), Canadian cartoonist
- [Honora Sneyd](/source/Honora_Sneyd) (1751–1780), English writer
- [John Sneyd](/source/John_Sneyd) (1734–1809), English landowner
- [Lewis Sneyd](/source/Lewis_Sneyd) (1788–1858), English clergyman, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford and curator of what is now the Ashmolean Museum
- [Marc Sneyd](/source/Marc_Sneyd) (born 1991), English rugby league footballer
- [Nathaniel Sneyd](/source/Nathaniel_Sneyd) (c. 1767–1833), Irish politician, landowner and businessman
- [Ralph Sneyd (landowner)](/source/Ralph_Sneyd_(landowner)) (1793–1870), English landowner, known for the rebuilding of Keele Hall, Keele, Staffordshire, England
- [Ralph Sneyd (MP for Stafford)](/source/Ralph_Sneyd_(MP_for_Stafford)) (1564–1643), English politician and Royalist army officer of the English Civil War
- [Ralph Sneyd (MP for Staffordshire)](/source/Ralph_Sneyd_(MP_for_Staffordshire)) (1692–1733), English politician
- [Walter Sneyd](/source/Walter_Sneyd) (1752–1829), English politician
- [Wettenhall Sneyd](/source/Wettenhall_Sneyd) (1676–1745), an 18th-century English Anglican priest in Ireland
- [William Sneyd (footballer)](/source/William_Sneyd_(footballer)) (1895–1985), English footballer
- [William Sneyd (MP for Lichfield)](/source/William_Sneyd_(MP_for_Lichfield)) (c. 1693–1745), English politician
- [William Sneyd (MP for Staffordshire)](/source/William_Sneyd_(MP_for_Staffordshire)) (c. 1614–1695), English politician
- [Charles Walter Sneyd-Kynnersley](/source/Charles_Walter_Sneyd-Kynnersley) (1849–1904), British colonial administrator

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