Heard

English

Etymology

Occupational Middle English surname for shepherds or cowherds, from herde, from Old English heord (“herd”).

Proper noun

Heard (plural Heards)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Heard County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heard is the 1534^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23408 individuals. Heard is most common among Black/African American (54.52%) and White (39.13%) individuals.

Anagrams

• -hedra, Daher, Hader, Herda, Rhade, hared