Bird

See also: bird and bírd

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Etymology

  • As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun bird.
  • As an Irish surname, Anglicized/translated from several names erroneously thought to contain the element éan (“bird”) such as Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan) and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney).
  • Similarly translated from several other languages containing the word bird, such as German Vogel, French Loiseau, Czech Ptáček see Ptacek), Pták, Polish Ptak.
  • This also extends to Native American names, such as Lakota ziŋtkala (“bird”). Compare Eagle, Hawk; Blackbird, Kingbird, Redbird, etc.

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Bird

  1. A surname.
  2. (jazz) Charlie Parker (1920–1955), Jazz saxophonist.
    • 2012, John Szwed, quoting Miles Davis, So What: The Life of Miles Davis‎[1], arrow books, →ISBN:
      When Bird played like that, it was like hearing music for the first time. I'd never heard anybody play like that. Later Sonny Rollins and I would try to do things like that, and me and Trane, those short, hard bursts of musical phrases. But when Bird played like that, he was outrageous…

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