The Chetwind Family Name

Chetwind is a branch of the Chetwynd name tree. The name is usually explained as “Winding way”.

Heraldry and the Chetwind name

Arms linked to Chetwynd and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Chetwind writes “i” in place of the “y” found in Chetwynd, a common scribal difference.

For the full story, order the Chetwind surname pack.