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Beard

in Rhode Island

There are 38 people with the last name "Beard" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Beard 3,648
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  1. is 3,644th most common Bamford
  2. is 3,645th most common Banville
  3. is 3,646th most common Barrington
  4. is 3,647th most common Barrow
  5. is 3,648th most common Beard
  6. is 3,649th most common Benn
  7. is 3,650th most common Bicknell
  8. is 3,651st most common Blakely
  9. is 3,652nd most common Bowley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

Edward, Florence, James, Janet, Robert, Anna, Barbara, Brian, Catherine

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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