Given name & surname
Byrd
“resembling a bird”
Byrd is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling a bird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a bird.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
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
Byrd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 962
- 709 boys · 253 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 33 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 5 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 338 as a first name in 2020; 88,388 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.
Byrd’s family of names
Byrd has a related form in Birdie. Byrd has a related form in Bird. Byrd has a related form in Birde.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Appears in
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