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Beard

in Iowa

There are 362 people with the last name "Beard" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

NameRank
Beard 782
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  1. is 778th most common Rankin
  2. is 779th most common Vanroekel
  3. is 780th most common Woodward
  4. is 781st most common Arends
  5. is 782nd most common Beard
  6. is 783rd most common Frye
  7. is 784th most common Chandler
  8. is 785th most common Lorenzen
  9. is 786th most common Pederson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

James, Robert, Michael, Richard, Jason, Karen, Deborah, Emily, Eric, Eugene

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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