German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements
geb ‘gift’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. A saint of
this name was bishop of Constance around the end of the 10th century,
and his popularity may have had an influence on the continued use of
the personal name into the Middle Ages.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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