Frequency: (618)
(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: variant spelling of Barden.
2. French: from a pet form of the Germanic personal name Bardo, from Old High German barta ‘battle axe’.
3. Russian: from barda ‘distillery refuse’; the reasons for the adoption of this name are not clear.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
