from the Middle English personal name Gifard derived from an Old French name of this form deriving from Continental Germanic *geb- ‘give gift’ + *hard- ‘hardy brave’.perhaps sometimes from Old French gif(f)ard [...]
from the Middle English personal name Gifard derived from an Old French name of this form deriving from Continental Germanic *geb- ‘give gift’ + *hard- ‘hardy brave’.perhaps sometimes from Old French gif(f)ard [...]