Tracing the Rivard Family Name

Here is a quick, evidence-based look at the Rivard surname. Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes. The meaning of Rivard is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records.

The 2010 US Census counted 5,530 people named Rivard, ranking it number 6,186 among American surnames. French birth records list 898 children named Rivard between 1891 and 2000. There were 40 such births in the 1890s and 62 in the 1990s.

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Rivard name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. Want more than a summary? See the Rivard family name pack.