Origin and popularity of the name GAILLARD

Origin

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.

Gagliardo : Italian (southern): from the medieval personal name or nickname Gagliardo from a loanword from Occitan galhard or French gaillard ‘strong robust’.

Gaylard : from the Old French and Middle English personal name Gaillart Gallard Galliard representing either the Continental Germanic personal name *Gailhard (composed of elements meaning ‘powerful lusty cheerful’ + ‘hard firm resilient strong’) or the use of the Old French word in (ii) as a given name.from Middle English gaillard galiard ‘brave strong valiant’ also ‘lively gay gaily dressed’ (Old French gaillard gaillart ‘vigorous powerful strong’).

Gaylord : 1: English (southern of Norman origin): variant of Gaylard altered by folk etymology from the Old French and Middle English personal name Gaillart Gallard Galliard representing either the ancient Germanic personal name Gailhard (composed of elements meaning ‘powerful lusty cheerful’ + ‘hard firm resilient strong’) or Old French gaillard gaillart ‘vigorous powerful strong’. Alternatively from Middle English gaillard galiard ‘brave strong valiant’ also ‘lively gay gaily dressed’.2: Altered form of Gaylard itself an Anglicized form of French Gaillard which was brought to England by the Huguenots.3: In some cases also an Americanized form of French Gaillard.

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