Snowdon

Snowdon is a surname with Welsh origins, derived from the Welsh words “ysbryd y nos” which translates to “spirit of the night”. It is also the name of a mountain in Wales, which lends the surname a sense of ruggedness and strength. Notable people with the surname Snowdon include Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, a British photographer and husband of Princess Margaret, and David Snowdon, an American epidemiologist known for his research on Alzheimer’s disease.