The pollard Surname
pollard Name Meaning and History
- nickname for a person with a large or unusually shaped head, from Middle English poll ‘head’ (Middle Low German polle ‘(top of the) head’) + the pejorative suffix -ard. The term pollard in the sense denoting an animal that has had its horns lopped is not recorded before the 16th century, and as applied to a tree the word is not recorded until the 17th century; so both these senses are almost certainly too late to have contributed to the surname.
- pejorative derivative of the personal name Paul. The surname has been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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