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Beard

in South Carolina

There are 870 people with the last name "Beard" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Beard 602
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  1. is 598th most common Gary
  2. is 599th most common Waldrop
  3. is 600th most common Darby
  4. is 601st most common Skipper
  5. is 602nd most common Beard
  6. is 603rd most common Webster
  7. is 604th most common Huff
  8. is 605th most common Frye
  9. is 606th most common Garvin

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beard

James, John, William, Charles, Robert, Mary, Michael, David, Barbara, Steven

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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