Popularity of the last name by country
Canada
- Québec (2,916)
- Ontario (26)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (5)
- Nova Scotia (5)
- Manitoba (3)
- Saskatchewan (3)
- Alberta (2)
- New Brunswick (2)
- North West Territories (2)
- Prince Edward Island (2)
All countries
- France (1,540,438)
- Belgium (23,283)
- Switzerland (22,831)
- Netherlands (5,785)
- Algeria (4,983)
- United States (4,598)
- Canada (3,245)
- United Kingdom (1,480)
- Germany (1,086)
- Italy (776)
- Martinique (739)
- Spain (463)
- Morocco (392)
- Guadeloupe (383)
- Unknown country (369)
- Réunion (246)
- Tunisia (224)
- Luxembourg (197)
- Viet Nam (171)
- Argentina (140)
- Austria (139)
- Haiti (86)
- Monaco (79)
- French Guiana (71)
- Australia (67)
- Madagascar (67)
- Turkey (67)
- China (66)
- New Caledonia (66)
- Russian Federation (62)
- Ireland (50)
- Senegal (48)
- Poland (47)
- Colombia (42)
- Greece (40)
- Indonesia (40)
- Chile (39)
- Egypt (39)
- Mauritius (39)
- Portugal (39)
Origine of last name
GAILLARD : 1: French: nickname from gaillard ‘vigorous strong’ (ultimately from Celtic galia ‘strength’). This surname (in any of the two possible senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti.2: French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gailhard composed of the elements gail ‘powerful lusty cheerful’ + hard ‘hard strong’.3: English (of Norman and French Huguenot origin): cognate of 1 and 2 above Anglicized as Gaylard and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gaylord">Gaylord</a>.
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