as a Last Name
- 2,157
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Gaillard
Meaning & Origins
English (of Norman origin) and French: 1. nickname from French gaillard ‘strong’, ‘robust’, possibly from Gaulish galia ‘strength’ + the suffix -ard. 2. from Old French gaile ‘cheerful’ (of Germanic origin; compare Gale 1) + the pejorative suffix -ard.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,157
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Gaillard per capita
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