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Bird

in the US

There are 28,998 people with the last name "Bird" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Bird 902
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  1. is 898th most common Dudley
  2. is 899th most common Cantrell
  3. is 900th most common Mercer
  4. is 901st most common Jarvis
  5. is 902nd most common Bird
  6. is 903rd most common Yu
  7. is 904th most common Zamora
  8. is 905th most common Archer
  9. is 906th most common Yoder

Similar Names and Nicknames

Byrd, Berg, Birdsong, Burge, Birdwell, Bard, Birdsall, Burd, Borg, Burg

Most Common First Names for Bird

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

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: from Middle English bird, brid ‘nestling’, ‘young bird’ (Old English bridd), applied as a nickname or perhaps occasionally as a metonymic occupational name for a bird catcher. The metathesized form is first found in the Northumbrian dialect of Middle English, but the surname is more common in central and southern England. It may possibly also be derived from Old English burde ‘maiden’, ‘girl’, applied as a derisory nickname.

Irish: Anglicization of Gaelic Ó hÉanacháin or Ó hÉinigh, in which the first element (after Ó) has been taken as Gaelic éan ‘bird’ (see Heneghan).

Jewish: translation of various Ashkenazic surnames meaning ‘bird’, as for example Vogel.

Recent Searches for "Bird" in the US

Since June 2009
11,326

Most Popular Search

Robert Bird (99 searches)
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