Etymology

Abelard

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Today it means: A male given name from the Germanic languages. Full definition →

French Abélard ← Germanic
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  1. Germanic · derived from
  2. French · derived fromAbélard
  3. English todayAbelard

From French Abélard, an extension of the Abel with an Germanic suffix -(h)ard. Possibly also regarded a variant of the German Eberhard "boar" + "hard", equivalent to English Everett.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.