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Beard

in Maryland

There are 906 people with the last name "Beard" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

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Beard 530
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  1. is 526th most common Abbott
  2. is 527th most common Gutierrez
  3. is 528th most common Wyatt
  4. is 529th most common Patrick
  5. is 530th most common Beard
  6. is 531st most common Briggs
  7. is 532nd most common Shields
  8. is 533rd most common Grove
  9. is 534th most common Wilkerson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

Donald, James, Mary, Barbara, David, Michael, Robert, Brian, Jeffrey, John

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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