Beard

in Kentucky

There are 949 people with the last name "Beard" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Beard 563
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  1. is 559th most common Madden
  2. is 560th most common Pike
  3. is 561st most common Key
  4. is 562nd most common Abner
  5. is 563rd most common Beard
  6. is 564th most common Lopez
  7. is 565th most common Hammons
  8. is 566th most common Lancaster
  9. is 567th most common Mcfarland

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

William, James, David, Mary, Michael, Larry, Joseph, Robert, John, Allen



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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