Tracing the Guicard Family Name

Guicard is how some branches of the Guichard family came to write their name. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Wise and hardy”.

Related forms: Guiscard. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Guicard drops the “h” of Guichard, a shortening that clerks often made.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Guichard surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Guicard report, with a museum-style coat of arms.