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Beard

in Delaware

There are 91 people with the last name "Beard" in Delaware.

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Ranking in Delaware

NameRank
Beard 1,045
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  1. is 1,041st most common Read
  2. is 1,042nd most common Rich
  3. is 1,043rd most common Schaefer
  4. is 1,044th most common Ziegler
  5. is 1,045th most common Beard
  6. is 1,046th most common Beattie
  7. is 1,047th most common Coates
  8. is 1,048th most common Davenport
  9. is 1,049th most common Desmond

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

David, Charles, Barbara, Brian, Caroline, John, Michael, Renee, Robin

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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