Bellegarde

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bellegarde. The surname is mostly found in Haiti.

Proper noun

Bellegarde (countable and uncountable, plural Bellegardes)

1. A commune and village in Gard department, Occitania, France.
2. A settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. (countable) A habitational surname from French.

Derived terms

• Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bellegarde is the 58876^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 344 individuals. Bellegarde is most common among Black/African American (46.22%) and White (45.93%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bellegarde”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131.

French

Etymology

From belle +‎ garde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl.ɡaʁd/

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Proper noun

Bellegarde ?

1. a surname
2. Bellegarde (a settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada)
3. Bellegarde (a town and commune of Gard department, Occitania, France)
4. Bellegarde (a village and commune of Gers department, Occitania, France)
5. Bellegarde (a town and commune of Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
6. Bellegarde (a former commune of Tarn department, Occitania, France, merged in 2016 into the commune of Bellegarde-Marsal)

Descendants

• English: Bellegarde