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Beard

in Illinois

There are 1,861 people with the last name "Beard" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Beard 494
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  1. is 490th most common Marks
  2. is 491st most common Barton
  3. is 492nd most common Lange
  4. is 493rd most common French
  5. is 494th most common Beard
  6. is 495th most common Bowen
  7. is 496th most common Leon
  8. is 497th most common Potter
  9. is 498th most common Allison

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

David, Robert, James, John, Michael, William, Patricia, Charles, Donald, Mary

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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