Where are Stewarts from?
The Stewarts trace their ancestry to Alan, a Breton noble and hereditary Steward of Dol in Brittany. His son, Flaald fitz Alan, moved to England after the Norman Conquest, and his grandson, Walter FitzAlan, led the family’s migration to Scotland in 1124. Stewart is a Scottish and English surname, also used as a given name. It is possibly derived from the old English word stigweard, a compound of stig meaning household, and weard, a guardian (ward), or from the Gaelic Stiùbhart meaning steward.Stewart is a boy’s name of English, Scottish, and Gaelic origin. Meaning “steward,” this name derived from the Gaelic word stiùbhart, and was associated with a person who manages someone else’s affairs, property, and finances.