Dollard

English

Alternative forms

• Dullard

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)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dollard is the 17970^th 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

• Dollard-des-Ormeaux

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dollard”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 475.