Given name
Jard
“one who is long-lived”
Jard is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is long-lived.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is long-lived.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 6 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 6 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jard’s family of names
Jard has a related form in Jera. Jard has a related form in Jerra. Jard has a related form in Jora.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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