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Beard

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,318 people with the last name "Beard" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Beard 791
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  1. is 787th most common Beiler
  2. is 788th most common Esposito
  3. is 789th most common Chandler
  4. is 790th most common Kirby
  5. is 791st most common Beard
  6. is 792nd most common Clayton
  7. is 793rd most common Ackerman
  8. is 794th most common Rupert
  9. is 795th most common Flowers

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

John, Robert, David, William, James, Charles, Michael, Richard, George, Barbara

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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