Last name origins & meanings:
- German: Americanized spelling of Eckhardt.
- French: variant of Achard, which is from an Old French personal name,
Achart, a derivative of an ancient Germanic personal name
composed of the elements agi(n) ‘edge (of a sword)’ +
hard ‘bold’, ‘hardy’. Compare English Ackert and Italian
Accardi, which are from the same Germanic source.
- The name Andreas Lowrence Acord appears on an 18th-century ship’s
master’s list, corresponding to Andreas Arkhard among the signatures
of those taking an oath of allegiance in Pennsylvania in October
1753. A will written in Staunton Co., VA, in 1806 begins ‘‘In the Name
of God, Amen, I, Francis Acord …’’ but is signed in German script
Frantz Eckhardt.
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