The gillard Surname
gillard Name Meaning and History
- English: from a pejorative derivative of the personal name Giles.
- English and French: from an assimilated form of the personal name Gislehard, a compound of Old High German gisel ‘hostage’, ‘pledge’, ‘noble youth’ (see Giesel) + hard ‘hardy’. This name is also found in Switzerland, whence it may have been brought to the U.S.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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