The chard Surname
chard Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from Chard or South Chard in Somerset, recorded in Domesday Book as Cerdren, possibly from Old English ceart ‘rough heathland’ + ærn ‘building’, ‘dwelling’. In some instances the surname may have arisen simply as a topographic name from ceart.
- French: from the personal name Chard, a short form of Richard;
- French: habitational name for someone from Chard in the department of Creuse.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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