Family name origins & meanings
- English (mainly Yorkshire) and German : variant of Picard.
- English : some early examples, such as Paganus filius Pichardi (Hampshire, 1160), seem to point to derivation from a Germanic personal name, probably composed of the elements bic ‘sharp point’, ‘pointed weapon’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
- Dutch : regional name for someone from Picardy in northern France.
- German : variant of Picker 4.