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ard Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Aird, including one near Hurlford in Ayrshire, another near Stranraer in Galloway, and the Aird, the higher part of the Vale of Beauly, near Inverness. These place names are derived from Gaelic àird(e) ‘height’, ‘promontory’, from àrd ‘high’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ard Families in the US in 1920
Number of ard families
 34-65
 12-33		 1-11
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Threads: 128 - Messages: 503
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Reuben Ard Eanix_Poole 1
Louisiana YvonneArd 4
William Jefferson Ard - Washington Parish, LA aprilpage 4
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Neil Ard and Easter Singletary of Pulaski County, GA George Hutto 4
Ard's in SC KarinStedman 33
Looking For ARD's, Tartans and Septs mkinsey111 2
Ard, Boles, Bugg, Williams, Latimore, others Linne Bowles Gravestock 6
James & Anna Price message posted by M. Stark Maxine Ard 3
Ards from NJ Irish Robert Edward Ard 1
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