Achard
m.
Proto-Germanic *agio 'blade' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart 'strong, hard'.
The name fell out of use around the beginning of the 13th C.
- England
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- Latin
- ● c1132 Achardo (abl) MemStMF II-I;
1185x1186 Achard (abl) PR-XXXVI p. 6
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Achardus (nom) irminon-vol2 a, Palatiolum;
1067 Achardi (gen) CartNDSaintes XII;
1067x1074 Achardi (gen) ibid. XIII;
1067x1086 Achardi (gen) ibid. XIV;
1115 Achardus (nom) CartNDJosaphat VI;
1120 Acardus (nom) ibid. VIII;
1138x1162 Achardus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 80;
1147x1158 Achardus (nom) ibid. 35;
1163 Achardi (gen) ibid. 99;
1179 Achardus (nom) ibid. 176;
1180 Acardus (nom) RotScaNor p. 28
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1094 Accard (nom) ESC XII
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Achard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Achard.