Last name: WISHART
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WISHART : This last name is indexed 38,680 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WISHART : Scottish (eastern and central Scotland): of Norman origin from the Anglo-Norman French form Wischard of the Old French personal name Guiscard. This was formed in Normandy from the Old Norse elements vizkr ‘wise’ + hard ‘hardy brave bold’ (or possibly the Old French suffix -ard).
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