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The first bearer of the name Bussard most likely took on this name based on an early member of the family who was a someone who was "as strong as a bear" having derived from Old French nickname berart.
The surname Bussard was first found in Brittany, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. They held a family seat in that province at Demaine where they were nobility from about the times of the Norman invasion of England in 1066 A.D.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bussard research. Another 65 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1789 and 1828 are included under the topic Early Bussard History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
There are many spelling variations of Breton surnames, because the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The official court languages, which were Latin and French, were also influential on the spelling of a surname. Since the spelling of surnames was rarely consistent in medieval times, and scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find references to one individual with many different spellings of their surname in the ancient chronicles. Moreover, a large number of foreign names were brought into England, which accelerated and accentuated the alterations to the spelling of various surnames. The name has been spelled Berard, Barrard, Berad and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Bussard Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the United States, the name Bussard is the 9,259th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Records show the name Bussard in some of the earliest immigrant records of North America: