The baby name Pollard is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced UK: /ˈpɒl.əd/ US: /ˈpɑːl.ɚd/ respelling: POL-ərd.
Pollard is English in Origin.
The baby name Pollard is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced UK: /ˈpɒl.əd/ US: /ˈpɑːl.ɚd/ respelling: POL-ərd.
Pollard is English in Origin.
Pollard is an English surname-turned-given-name from Middle English poll, “head; top,” plus the suffix -ard. It labeled a person with a close-cropped head or one who cut back trees - a practitioner of pollarding. As a noun, pollard also meant a pruned tree or hornless deer, evoking the idea of cutting back to renew. Some lines derive it from Poll, a medieval pet form of Paul (Latin Paulus, “small, humble”).
Found in medieval records across England and carried to Ireland and the Americas, Pollard entered first-name use in the 19th–20th centuries with the vogue for transferred surnames. It remains rare but distinctive today, often chosen to honor ancestry. Variant spellings include Polard, Pollart, and Pollarde; related forms are Pol (Breton/Cornish for Paul) and Paul.
Pollard is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 16 recorded uses of it, from 11 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Pollard is popular in 11 countries — most recent births per country:
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