Given name & surname
Bird
“resembling a bird”
Bird is a variant of Byrd. One English interpretation is “resembling a bird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bird is a variant of Byrd. One English interpretation is “resembling a bird.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bird is a variant of Byrd. An origin associated with Byrd is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bird through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 230
- 109 boys · 121 girls
- Most popular year
- 1880
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 323 as a first name in 2020; 33,829 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.
Bird’s family of names
In English usage, Bird as a surname shares a linguistic root with the French form LOISEAU. Bird has a related form in Byrd. In English usage, Bird as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Polish form PTAK.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bird has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bird
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Similar names
If you love Bird, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Byrli
“from the meadow of knotted wood”
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Birtel
“from the bird hill”
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Bosje
“forest”
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Bertle
“from the bird hill”
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Bartli
“from the meadow of birch trees”
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Badrou
“born beneath the full moon”
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Bungert
“tree” · “enclosure”
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Bosworthe
“from the enclosure near the forest”
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