American Family Name Origins:
Aguillard
Frequency: (333)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: metonymic occupational name for a needle maker from Old French aguillard, a variant (with a change of suffix) of aguillier, from a(i)guille ‘needle’.
2. French: from Old French aguille ‘needle’ + the pejorative suffix -ard, hence a derogatory nickname for an irritating person.
GIVEN NAMES: French 6%. Emile, Nicolle, Patrice, Pierre.
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