Given name & surname · also Latin
Médard
“hard, brave”
Médard is a masculine given name, probably from Latin, ultimately from Celtic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Médard probably goes back to Proto-Germanic *harduz, meaning “hard, brave.”
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Where it comes from
Médard probably comes from Latin, and ultimately from Celtic.
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How it developed
Probably from Latin Medardus, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard, brave”).
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Médard’s family of names
In French usage, Médard shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Medåd. In French usage, Médard has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Medard.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Médard has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Celtic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Médard
- Médard des GroseilliersFrench explorer and fur trader1618–1695
- Médard Léopold OuédraogoBurkinabé Roman Catholic bishopborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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