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Beard

in Indiana

There are 1,488 people with the last name "Beard" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

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Beard 359
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  1. is 355th most common Becker
  2. is 356th most common Reeves
  3. is 357th most common Lamb
  4. is 358th most common Hubbard
  5. is 359th most common Beard
  6. is 360th most common Conrad
  7. is 361st most common Hurst
  8. is 362nd most common Higgins
  9. is 363rd most common Mccormick

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

William, James, Michael, Robert, David, Richard, John, Larry, Mary, Thomas

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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