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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Beard, wood

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : possibly a variant of Bardsley, or alternatively a habitational name from an unidentified place (possibly in Nottinghamshire, where the surname is particularly common).
  • William Beardsley, mason, came to New England in 1635 from London aboard the Planter.

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