Barnard


Barnard is a surname.

People

Some of the Barnard family in England may have been Huguenots who fled from the Atlantic coast region of France circa 1685 or earlier than that date, however the evidence for this is tenuous, as the name does not appear in lists of proven Huguenot names. By contrast, the Barnard family in Holland may have came from Normandy or Flanders. The countries from which they entered Holland prior to that date are uncertain. The branch of the Barnard family in England is well documented, and is thought to have arrived in England and Ireland, after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Highest numbers in London, Essex, Somerset, Norfolk, Suffolk, Gloucestershire, Sussex, and Yorkshire.

Surname

The surname is most commonly found in Greater London and the South Eastern counties of England, and in California, Texas, Florida and New York in the United States of America. It is also found in Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, and Australia. It is an English or Dutch version of Bernard, from the Germanic name Bernhard, composed of the elements ber ‘bear’ + hard ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, ‘strong’. The name is held by the Normans, and it may have also been taken by the Flemish. The corresponding family names are BAER, BER, BERR, BEHR, BERNHARDT, BERNARD, Anglicised and also found in Holland as BARNARD.

List of people with the surname