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Bard

in Oregon

There are 56 people with the last name "Bard" in Oregon.

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Bard 6,822
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  1. is 6,818th most common Amezcua
  2. is 6,819th most common Arsenault
  3. is 6,820th most common Backstrom
  4. is 6,821st most common Baller
  5. is 6,822nd most common Bard
  6. is 6,823rd most common Barrie
  7. is 6,824th most common Bartow
  8. is 6,825th most common Baumer
  9. is 6,826th most common Bethel

Similar Names and Nicknames

Byrd, Berg, Bird, Barden, Burge, Bardwell, Burd, Borg, Burg, Berge

Most Common First Names for Bard

James, Michael, Angela, Dave, Donald, Floyd, Garreth, Paul, Rebecca, Robert

Meaning & History

Scottish: occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘poet’, ‘minstrel’, ‘singer’. See also Baird.

Scottish: perhaps also a habitational name (early forms such as Henry de Barde and Richard de Baard are recorded, and ‘de’ usually signifies ‘from’), but no suitable place has been identified.

French: habitational name from any of the several minor places called Bar(d), from the Gaulish element barro ‘height’, ‘hill’. Compare Barre.

French: metonymic occupational name for someone who used a handcart or barrow in his work, from Old French bard ‘barrow’.

French: from Old French bart ‘mud’, ‘clay’ (Late Latin barrum, apparently of Celtic origin), in which case it is either a topographic name for someone living in a muddy area or an occupational name for a builder or bricklayer.

Hungarian (Bárd): metonymic occupational name for a butcher, woodcutter or carpenter, from bárd ‘hatchet’, ‘cleaver’. Derivation from bárd ‘poet’ is unlikely because the word was borrowed from Gaelic only in the late 18th century.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with a luxurious beard, from a blend of German Bart and Yiddish bord, both meaning ‘beard’.

Probably also an altered spelling of German Bart.

FOREBEARS Peter Bard, a French Huguenot, came via London to DE and from there to Burlington, NJ, in the late 17th century.

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