Last name: GAILLARD

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All you have to know about the last name GAILLARD

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GAILLARD : This last name is indexed 1,812,396 times on Geneanet!

Origin 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 Gaylord.

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