Given name & surname
Allard
“of noble strength”
Allard is a variant of Alard. One German interpretation is “of noble strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Allard is a variant of Alard. One German interpretation is “of noble strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Allard is a variant of Alard. An origin associated with Alard is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Allard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 245
- 245 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 159 as a first name in 2020; 9,344 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Allard’s family of names
In French usage, Allard has a later derivative in ALLOR. Allard has a related form in Alard. In French usage, Allard as a surname has a related form in Alard.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Allard
- Allard K. LowensteinAmerican politician1929–1980
- Allard PiersonDutch theologian (1831-1896)
- Allard H. GasqueAmerican politician (1873-1938)
- Allard LindhoutDutch association football refereeborn 1987
- Allard van der ScheerDutch actor (1928–2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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