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Beard

in California

There are 2,348 people with the last name "Beard" in California.

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Ranking in California

NameRank
Beard 1,189
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  1. is 1,185th most common Azevedo
  2. is 1,186th most common Singer
  3. is 1,187th most common Stanton
  4. is 1,188th most common Sanford
  5. is 1,189th most common Beard
  6. is 1,190th most common Hsieh
  7. is 1,191st most common Tanaka
  8. is 1,192nd most common Baird
  9. is 1,193rd most common Fang

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bearden, Bear, Beardsley, Beers, Berrios, Byars, Board, Beardslee, Byard, Bearce

Most Common First Names for Beard

David, Robert, James, Michael, John, Richard, William, Mary, Lisa

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. nickname for a bearded man (Middle English, Old English beard). To be clean-shaven was the norm in non-Jewish communities in northwestern Europe from the 12th to the 16th century, the crucial period for surname formation. There is a place name and other evidence to show that this word was used as a byname in the Old English period, when beards were the norm; in this period the byname would have referred to a large or noticeable beard. As an American surname, this name has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, in particular German Bart.
  • 2. habitational name from a place in Derbyshire, which derives its name by dissimilation from Old English brerd ‘rim’, ‘bank’.

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