Gaspard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Gaspard family
The surname Gaspard was first found in Lorraine, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Nancy and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.
Early History of the Gaspard family
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Gaspard Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Gaspard, Gaspar, Jaspar, Gasparo, Gasparin and others.
Early Notables of the Gaspard family
Notable in the family name was
- Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572), Seigneur (Lord) de Châtillon, a French nobleman and admiral, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion
Gaspard Ranking
In the United States, the name Gaspard is the 7,980th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Gaspard is ranked the 2,193rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,901 people with that name. 2
Gaspard migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Gaspard Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Pierre Gaspard, who landed in New York, NY in 1650 3
Contemporary Notables of the name Gaspard (post 1700) +
- Shad Chad Javier Romane Chittick Gaspard (1981-2020), American professional wrestler and actor
- Patrick Gaspard (b. 1967), American Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee, White House Director of Political Affairs (2009-2011), United States Ambassador to South Africa (2013-2016)
- Mitch Gaspard (b. 1965), American head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
- Pierre Gaspard (1834-1915), French mountain climber who made the first ascent of La Meije
- Marie Gaspard, French slalom canoer
- François Gaspard (1710-1761), French painter and pastel artist of the Rococo movement
- Pierre Gaspard (1763-1794), French politician of the Revolutionary period
- Michael Gaspard Rizzello OBE (1926-2004), British sculptor and designer, best known for his sculpture David Lloyd George in Cathays Park, Cardiff and for his design of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
- John Gaspard Gubbins (1877-1935), English-born, South African collector and writer
- Jean-François Gaspard Normand, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, June 16) Jean-François Normand. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html