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Beard

in North Carolina

There are 1,450 people with the last name "Beard" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Beard 741
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  1. is 737th most common Swain
  2. is 738th most common Blair
  3. is 739th most common Mobley
  4. is 740th most common Boykin
  5. is 741st most common Beard
  6. is 742nd most common Jefferson
  7. is 743rd most common Hyatt
  8. is 744th most common Billings
  9. is 745th most common Romero

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

John, David, William, James, Robert, Charles, Michael, Mary, Richard, Donald

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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