Barnard

Barnard is a surname.

People

Some of the Barnard family in England may have been Huguenots who fled from the Atlantic coast region of France circa 1685 (the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes) or earlier than that date, however the evidence for this is tenuous, as the name does not appear in lists of proven Huguenot names. By contrast, the Barnard family in Holland (the western provinces of the Netherlands) may have came from Normandy or Flanders. The countries from which they entered Holland prior to that date are uncertain. The branch of the Barnard family in England is well documented, and is thought to have arrived in England and Ireland, after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Highest numbers in London, Essex, Somerset, Norfolk, Suffolk, Gloucestershire, Sussex, and Yorkshire.

Surname

The surname is most commonly found in Greater London and the South Eastern counties of England, and in California, Texas, Florida and New York in the United States of America.[1] It is also found in Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, and Australia. It is an English or Dutch version of Bernard, from the Germanic name Bernhard, composed of the elements ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, ‘strong’.[2] The name is held by the Normans, and it may have also been taken by the Flemish. The corresponding family names are BAER, BER, BERR, BEHR, BERNHARDT, BERNARD (in France),[3] Anglicised and also found in Holland as BARNARD.[4]

Barnard Coat of Arms Argent, bear rampant sable, muzzle or

List of people with the surname

Given name

  • Bernard Courtois (also spelled Barnard Courtois), (1777–1838), French chemist
  • Barnard E. Bee, Sr. (1787–1853), early settler and political leader in the Republic of Texas
  • Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr. (1824–1861), Confederate Army general during the American Civil War
  • Barnard Pananasky, a pseudonym of Gary Morgan (actor)
  • M. Barnard Eldershaw, Australian literary pseudonym

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-01-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Bernhard Name Meaning & Bernhard Family History at Ancestry.com.au". ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  3. "ENtexte/page15". genealoj.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  4. "NAMES (PERSONAL) - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
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