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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (mainly Yorkshire) and German : variant of Picard.
  • English : some early examples, such as Paganus filius Pichardi (Hampshire, 1160), seem to point to derivation from a Germanic personal name, probably composed of the elements bic ‘sharp point’, ‘pointed weapon’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
  • Dutch : regional name for someone from Picardy in northern France.
  • German : variant of Picker 4.

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