Abelard

See also: Abélard

English

Etymology

From French Abélard, an extension of the Abel with an Germanic suffix -(h)ard. Possibly also regarded a variant of the German Eberhard "boar" + "hard", equivalent to English Everett.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ə.ˌlɑɹd/

Proper noun

Abelard

1. (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname from French.

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Abelard (ca)
• French: Abélard (fr)
• Greek: Αβελάρδος (el) (Avelárdos)
• Italian: Abelardo (it)
• Latin: Abaelardus, Abelardus
• Portuguese: Abelardo (pt)
• Spanish: Abelardo (es)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abelard is the 89753^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 206 individuals. Abelard is most common among Black/African American (91.26%) individuals.

See also

• Eloise

Paronyms

• Adelard

Anagrams

• baldare

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈlart]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈlart]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.beˈlaɾt]

Proper noun

Abelard m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Abelard