Blackbird Family History
Blackbird Name Meaning
Native American (also Black Bird): translation into English of a personal name such as Lakota Sioux Ziŋtkala Sapa which is composed of ziŋtkala ‘bird’ and sapa ‘black’. See also Bird English (Durham): nickname for someone with a dark beard from Middle English blak ‘black’ + berd ‘beard’ (Old English blæc + beard).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022