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Beard

in Mississippi

There are 1,216 people with the last name "Beard" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Beard 269
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  1. is 265th most common Robbins
  2. is 266th most common Jennings
  3. is 267th most common Lowery
  4. is 268th most common Pace
  5. is 269th most common Beard
  6. is 270th most common Miles
  7. is 271st most common Gates
  8. is 272nd most common Fairley
  9. is 273rd most common Newman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

William, James, John, Charles, Robert, Mary, Thomas, David, Jerry, Larry

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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