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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Yorkshire) : from a Norman female personal name, Legard, derived from the Germanic name Liutgard (borne by Charlemagne’s wife), composed of the elements liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + gard ‘enclosure’.
  • French : metonymic occupational name for a gardener, or status name for someone who owned garden, from Old French gard ‘garden’ with the definite article le.

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