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Beard

in Minnesota

There are 250 people with the last name "Beard" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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Beard 2,068
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  1. is 2,064th most common Salinas
  2. is 2,065th most common Stadler
  3. is 2,066th most common Swedberg
  4. is 2,067th most common Vandyke
  5. is 2,068th most common Beard
  6. is 2,069th most common Beaver
  7. is 2,070th most common Fix
  8. is 2,071st most common Fogarty
  9. is 2,072nd most common Galvin

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

James, Robert, William, Mark, John, Michael, Paul, Richard, Arthur, Daniel

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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