Dollard
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
- English: Nickname for a dull or stupid person, from dull + -ard; or an adaptation of Irish Ó Dhollaird.
- Other languages: can be related to pain/suffering, similar to Dolores; can be about mourning (see in Filae); or it can derive from rivers named Dollart or Dullaert (Middle Dutch “madman, savage”).
Proper noun
Dollard (plural Dollards)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dollard is the 17970th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1555 individuals. Dollard is most common among White (71.32%) and Black/African American (23.92%) individuals.
See also
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dollard”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 475.