The legard Surname
legard Name Meaning and History
- English (Yorkshire): from a Norman female personal name, Legard, derived from the Germanic name Liutgard (borne by Charlemagne’s wife), composed of the elements liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + gard ‘enclosure’.
- French: metonymic occupational name for a gardener, or status name for someone who owned garden, from Old French gard ‘garden’ with the definite article le.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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 carjessleg
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| Harry Legard and Geneviva Legard | Beverly Legard | 1 |
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| Obit: Elwood Legard b.1914 Bath, ME |
kttrucking1
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| Hilyard-Legard |
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| Joan/ RalllphLEGARD |
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| Ralph Legard (ca.1490-1540) | Robert M. Henderson | 6 |
| Peter E. Legard of SC | P. L. "Chris" Christian Jr. | 0 |
| Peter E. Legard, Abbeville Co., SC | P. L. Christian Jr. | 0 |
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