Barnard

Barnard is an Irish surname, and is the Anglicized form of Ó Bearnáin.[1][2] It is also a Norman French form of the French surname Bernard, and was first brought to England and Scotland after the Norman Conquest.The name ultimately derived from the Germanic personal name Bernhard from the element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy".

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Barnard (disambiguation).

People

Some of the people bearing the surname Barnard are thought to have descended from those who arrived in England after the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), some of whom, it has been suggested, can be traced back to Hugo Bernard. Some of the Barnard family in England may have been Huguenots[3] who fled from the Atlantic coast region of France circa 1685 (the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes) or earlier than that date, however the evidence for this is tenuous, as the name does not appear in lists of proven Huguenot names.[4] By contrast, the Barnard family in Holland (the western provinces of the Netherlands) can be definitively traced back to circa 1751 (Izaak Barnard)[5] of Scheveningen. Other families bearing or subsequently adopting the surname Barnard arrived later as Jewish immigrants from continental Europe after 1656 [6] and are well documented.[7][8] Some of the latter branch are descendants of Rabbi Daniel Barnard of Canterbury, with recorded descendants around London,[9][10] Chatham, Dartford, Kingston upon Hull,[11] Stockton-on-Tees,[12] Bournemouth,[13] Ipswich, Norwich and in Australia.

Surname

The surname is most commonly found in Greater London and the South Eastern counties of England (most common occurrences are in Essex, East Sussex, Kent and Suffolk), and in California, Texas, Florida and New York in the United States of America.[14] It is also found in Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, and occasionally in Germany.[14] It is an English or Dutch version of Bernard, from the Germanic name Bernhard or Bernhardt, composed of the elements ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, ‘strong’.[15] The first syllable of the name derives from bear; Bär or Baer in German. corresponding family names are BAER, BER, BERR, BEHR, BERNHARDT, BERNARD (in France),[16] Anglicised and also found in Holland as BARNARD.

Barnard Coat of Arms Argent, bear rampant sable, muzzle or

List of people with the surname

Given name

Schools

Places

See also

References
  1. "Barnard Irish Genealogy". Johngrenham.com.
  2. "Barnett Coat of Arms, Family Crest and Barnett Family History". IrishSurnames.com.
  3. The Huguenots in England: Immigration and Settlement, c. 1550 – 1700 by Bernard Cottret
  4. "Australian Family Tree Connections - Huguenot Surnames Index". aftc.com.au. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  5. Willeke Wendrich. "Find a Barnard". barnard.nl. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  6. "The readmission of the Jews to England in 1656, in the context of English economic policy. Jewish Historical Studies, 31, 153-169". Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  7. "Jewish Communities and Records - United Kingdom Database". jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  8. "Search Results: CemeteryScribes Jewish tombstone inscriptions, Genealogy, Family History". cemeteryscribes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  9. Chatham Synagogue marriage records
  10. Great Synagogue birth register
  11. Delhi Street Cemetery burial records, Hull
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. Boscombe Cemetery burial records, Bournemouth
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-01-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Bernhard Name Meaning & Bernhard Family History at Ancestry.com.au". ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  16. "ENtexte/page15". genealoj.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
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