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Beard

in Michigan

There are 1,523 people with the last name "Beard" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Beard 517
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  1. is 513th most common Cannon
  2. is 514th most common Combs
  3. is 515th most common Brandt
  4. is 516th most common Morton
  5. is 517th most common Beard
  6. is 518th most common Burnett
  7. is 519th most common Kent
  8. is 520th most common Wilkinson
  9. is 521st most common Clay

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

David, Robert, John, William, Charles, Mary, Thomas, Michael, James, Michelle

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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