Speed

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. A place in the United States:

    1. An unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana.

    2. A minor city in Phillips County, Kansas.

    3. An unincorporated community in Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri.

    4. A town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

    5. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.

  3. A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia.

Origin

* As an English surname, from Middle English sped (“good fortune”, literally “assistance, aid”). Also from the noun speed. * As an Irish surname, translated from Ó Fuada, from fuad (“haste, hurriedness”). See Foody. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized and translated from Schnell. * Most place names seem to taken from the surname.

Forms

Speeds