Allard as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Allard

What is the meaning of the name Allard ?

The baby name Allard is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /əˈlɑrd/ (uh-LARD) — Dutch/French variants: /ˈɑlɑrt/ or /aˈlaʁ/.

Allard is French in Origin.

Allard is a Dutch and French given name and surname with Germanic roots, built from 'adal' ('noble') + 'hard' ('brave, strong'), yielding the sense 'noble strength' or 'nobly resolute'. Documented in medieval Latin as Adalardus/Adalhardus and in Old French as Alard, it appears in charters and roll calls across Carolingian and later feudal Europe; Saint Adalard (Adalhard) of Corbie helped keep the name in ecclesiastical memory.

After the Norman Conquest, French forms seeded the English surnames Allard and Ellard, while the given name persisted more clearly in the Low Countries, where Allard and Allart are attested from the late Middle Ages and still see modest modern use in the Netherlands and Belgium. Variants and cognates include Adalhard, Adalard, Adelard, Alard, Alhard, Elard, Ellard, and Dutch Allart; related feminines such as Adela and Adelheid share the same 'adal' element.