Speed

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:
3. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:
4. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:
5. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:
6. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:
7. (countable, uncountable) A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia.

Synonyms

celerity

expeditiousness

rapidity

speed

swiftness

velocity

Translations

Speed

Speed

Speed

Geschwindigkeit

Zügigkeit

Turbo Force

Speed

rapidité

vitesse

célérité

celerità

velocità

rapidità

speditezza

Schnelligkeit

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sped

In summary

* 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.