The Alard Last Name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Allard surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Meaning of the name

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Alard is usually a form of Allard. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “High-born and hardy”.

Alard drops the “l” of Allard, a simplification that clerks often made. Other spellings include Adalhard. French civil records give 1,130 births under the name Alard from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970. There were 86 such births in the 1890s and 90 in the 1990s.

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