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Baird


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Origin Of The Surname Baird

Meaning Of The Surname Baird

Poet

Interesting Facts About Baird

This Gaelic surname was very popular in Scotland and given to people as an occupational name as a result of the Gaelic word ‘bard’ which means poet or minstrel. However, it could also be possible that this name was locational too. Although the exact location is not known there are recordings of this surname in the form of ‘de Barde’ and ‘de Baard’ where the ‘de’ means from. The first recorded spelling of this name is of Henry de Barde dated back in 1202.

Baird Statistics

Baird is the number 369 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 25,304 share the surname Baird in the UK.

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