Given name & surname

Menard

“one who is brave and strong”

Menard is a variant of Maynard. One German interpretation is “one who is brave and strong.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Menard is a variant of Maynard. One German interpretation is “one who is brave and strong.”

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Where it comes from

Menard is a variant of Maynard. An origin associated with Maynard is Germanic.

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How it developed

From French Ménard.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Menard is a variant of Maynard. The history of Maynard gives this family its wider story. Maynard’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.

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Menard’s family of names

Menard has a related form in Maynard. In French usage, Menard as a surname has a related form in MINARD. In English usage, Menard as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ménard.

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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.

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