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Etymology of Lockard

What does the name Lockard mean?

The ancient Dalriadan-Scottish name Lockard is a nickname for a person who was brave. Lockard is a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Nicknames form a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, and can refer directly or indirectly to one's personality, physical attributes, mannerisms, or even their habits of dress. The surname Lockard comes from the words loc and hardy, which mean lock and brave or hardy.

Lockard Coat of Arms Creation

When the good Sir James Douglas fell in Spain, it was a Sir Simon Lochard who picked up the heart of Bruce in the locked silver casket and carried it back to Scotland. His name was changed to Lockhart to show that he was entrusted with the key, and though the crest most common to the Lockharts is a boar's head, yet in their arms they carry a human heart in a fetterlock.

The motto, quite appropriately, is " Corda serrata pando " (I lay open a heart shut up). 1

Early Origins of the Lockard family

The surname Lockard was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where this distinguished family acquired the estates of Carnwath, Cleghorn, Birkhill, Kirktoun, and Leigh.

The Lockharts of Leigh 2 trace their descent from Sir Simon Locard whose name some claim was derived from the territorial name "de Loch Ard." The family estate was centered at Lee Castle, originally built c. 1272 and was expanded in the 19th century.

Sir Simon Locard accompanied Sir James Douglas on his expedition with the heart of Robert the Bruce, which after Douglas' death brought home from Spain and buried in Melrose Abbey. This incident was the reason of the Arms' "man's heart within a fetterlock."

The Flockhart variant occurs "as Fluckart in Edinburgh, 1679" and "Robert Flockhart, 'Daddy Flockhart' (1777-1857), [was] a street preacher in Edinburgh." 3

Early History of the Lockard family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lockard research. Another 108 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1621, 1630, 1646, 1652, 1658, 1674, 1675, 1685, 1686, 1689 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Lockard History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lockard Spelling Variations

Spelling variations were extremely common in medieval names, since scribes from that era recorded names according to sound rather than a standard set of rules. Lockard has appeared in various documents spelled Lockhart, Lockhard, Locard, Lockard, Lockheart and many more.

Early Notables of the Lockard family

George Lockhart of Tarbrax (died 1658), Commissioner of Glasgow in the Parliament of Scotland (1646-1658); Sir James Lockhart of Lee (d. 1674), lord of the Court of Session, he held the judicial title Lord Lee; Sir William Lockhart of Lee (1621-1675), who married Oliver Cromwell's niece, and later became...
Another 49 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lockard Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lockard Ranking

the United States, the name Lockard is the 5,305th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 4

Migration of the Lockard family to Ireland

Some of the Lockard family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 59 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lockard migration to the United States +

Significant portions of the populations of both the United States and Canada are still made up of the ancestors of Dalriadan families. Some of those in Canada originally settled the United States, but went north as United Empire Loyalists in the American War of Independence. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the ancestors of many Scots on both sides of the border begin to recover their collective national heritage through Clan societies and highland games. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:

Lockard Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Penelope Lockard, who landed in Virginia in 1711 6
Lockard Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Emily Lockard, aged 31, who settled in America from Liverpool, England, in 1904
  • Arthur M. Lockard, aged 31, who settled in America, in 1905
  • Elmer E. Lockard, who immigrated to the United States, in 1906
  • Nellie S. Lockard, aged 53, who landed in America, in 1914
  • William S. Lockard, aged 50, who immigrated to America, in 1914
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Lockard migration to Canada +

Lockard Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Peter Lockard, who arrived in Canada in 1841

Lockard migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the Second Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Second Fleet
  • Mr. William Lockard, (d. 1795), British settler convicted in Lincolnshire, England in 1790, sentenced to 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the ship "Britannia" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Lockard (post 1700) +

  • Hosea T. Lockard (1920-2011), American Criminal Court Judge in Tennessee
  • James Lockard, American Daytime Emmy Award nominated producer
  • Joseph L. Lockard, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts to warn of the first bombs that hit Pearl Harbor
  • Wendel P. Lockard, founder of Lockard Companies, Cedar Falls, IA
HMAS Sydney II
  • Mr. Terence Godfrey Lockard (1922-1941), Australian Acting Signalman from Moonah, Tasmania, Australia, who sailed into battle aboard HMAS Sydney II and died in the sinking 7

The Lockard Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Corda serrata pando
Motto Translation: I lay open locked hearts.
  1. Polson, Alexander, The Romance of Scottish Crests and Mottoes. Inverness: Walter Alexander, Inglis Street 1929. Print
  2. Lee, Sir Stanley, Dictionary of National Biography. London: The MacMillan Company 1909. Print
  3. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
  4. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  5. Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
  6. 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)
  7. HMAS Sydney II, Finding Sydney Foundation - Roll of Honour. (Retrieved 2014, April 24) . Retrieved from http://www.findingsydney.com/roll.asp

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