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| Maynard |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Origin: |
Germanic |
| Meaning: |
"Strength hardy" |
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Maynard can refer to:
It is a surname (and, on occasion, forename) used across the English-speaking world.[1] which comes from a Germanic root meaning 'strength hardy'.[1] Its evolution was from the original roots to various versions once used around Germanic areas. They include Meginhard, Mainhart, Meginrad and Meinrad[2] Alternative spellings of the Anglic version are Mainard, Maynhard[3], Maignard and Maynerd[4] Its area of origin was the West Country of England.[1] In non-Germanic places, variant forms are French Menard and Italian Mainardi, Menardi and Menarde[5]. In the United States, it is most commonly found on the South-Eastern fringes of the Midwest in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia[6]. The popularity of the name then spreads outwards, becoming less dense when it reaches Wisconsin, Missouri and Alabama. Anomalies are Texas and Florida where there are higher populations.[6]
[edit] Notable Maynards
- Brad Maynard, American football punter and holder.
- Maynard James Keenan, singer for the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer
- Maynard Jack Ramsay, American entomologist
- John Maynard Keynes, English economist
- John Maynard Smith, British evolutionary biologist and geneticist
- Maynard Jackson, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Maynard C. Krueger, socialist professor and politician
- "Doc" Maynard , noted figure in early Cleveland, Ohio and Seattle, Washington
- Don Maynard, American football player
- Bill Maynard, British comedy actor
- Joyce Maynard, American author
- Robert Maynard, the Royal Navy officer who beheaded the pirate Blackbeard
- Maynard Ferguson, legendary jazz trumpeter
- Edward Maynard, American firearms inventor
- Ken Maynard, American motion picture stuntman and actor
- Ken Maynard (cartoonist), Australian cartoonist
- Maynard Crabbes, DJ and VJ for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Horace Maynard, Tennessee Congressman and U.S. Postmaster General
- Jay Maynard, computer programmer and system administrator. He is most famous for his electroluminiscent Tron Guy costume.
- Nicky Maynard, Crewe Alexandra FC Striker
[edit] Fictional Maynards
[edit] Places
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Basil Cottle, The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames ISBN 0-14-051032-X
- ^ Charlotte Mary Yonge, 'History of Christian Names (1863) pp. 415
- ^ Last Name Meanings
- ^ Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames With Special American Instances (1996) pp. 524 ISBN 0806300221.
- ^ Elsdon Coles Smith, New Dictionary of American Family Names pp. 330-350
- ^ a b Maynard as a last name in Ohio : WhitePages.com
