Frequency: (679)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: patronymic or plural form of Girardo, one of the many Italian forms of the personal name Gerard.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 21%; Spanish 5%. Angelo (4), Antonio (2), Arturo, Attilio, Biagio, Carmin, Carmine, Cosimo, Domenico, Donato, Erminio, Ezio, Fabio, Filomena, Gerardo, Germano; Juan Pablo (2), Jaime, Javier, Julio, Luisa.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
