Frequency: (12924)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English (of Norman origin) and French: from the Continental Germanic personal name Mainard, composed of the elements magin ‘strength’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
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