Girard Family

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About the Girard surname

The surname Girard is associated with a patronymic formation. Girard comes from an old Germanic personal name that became a hereditary surname. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Ji-rar/ʒiʁaʁ/

Most frequent given names among the Girard family

Men

  1. 1Joseph14,775
  2. 2Pierre8,251
  3. 3François6,127
  4. 4Louis5,965
  5. 5Jean-Baptiste4,687

Women

  1. 1Marie13,484
  2. 2Marguerite5,797
  3. 3Louise3,969
  4. 4Thérèse3,374
  5. 5Marie-Louise2,729
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The Girard name in our genealogy archives

510,437occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
3,286 4,7211881 → 1901people enumerated
1645First mention of the name
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