MAGGARD FAMILY

The surname of MAGGARD is of French, Swedish and Danish/Norwegian origin, a baptismal name 'the son of Magnus' a name meaning 'great'. This name was born by Magnus the Good (died 1047), king of Norway, who was named after the Emperor Charlemagne, and was derived from the Latin Carolus Magnus 'Charles the Great'.

The earliest of the name on record in England appears to be Magnus de Weitecroft, who was documented in the year 1114, London. Hugo Magnus was recorded in the same year in County Surrey.

In Shetland Magnus as a font name is tenth in order of frequency, and eleventh as a surname in the form Manson. Over the centuries, most people in Europe have accepted their surname as a fact of life, as irrevocable as an act of God. However much the individual may have liked or disliked the surname, they were stuck with it, and people rarely changed them by personal choice. A more common form of variation was in fact involuntary, when an official change was made, in other words, a clerical error.

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Melchoir Maggard

John Benjamin Maggard