Frequency: (668)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: from the personal name Arman(d) or Harman(d), which is of Germanic origin, composed of the elements hardi ‘bold’, ‘hardy’ + man ‘man’, with excrescent -d. This surname is also found in Germany as a Huguenot name.
FOREBEARS: An Armand from Rouen is documented in Quebec city in 1663.
GIVEN NAMES: French 14%. Pierre (4), Lucien (2), Philippe (2), Serge (2), Alain, Andre, Andree, Camille, Etienne, Francoise, Gabrielle, Gardy.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
