Girod
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 282; französischer Familienname, Entsprechung zu Namen wie Gerwald, Gerhold usw.; zu G(e/i)rard vgl
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʒiʁɔd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Girod is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 197K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 237 (measured from records)
- 1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
282; französischer Familienname, Entsprechung zu Namen wie Gerwald, Gerhold usw.; zu G(e/i)rard vgl. weiter.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Girod counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 18K | 475 | Girod | 237 |
| US United States | 1,689 | 1 in 197K | 2.5K | Girod | 113 |
| CH Switzerland | 748 | 1 in 11K | 748 | Girod | 44 |
| CA Canada | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 199K | — | Girod | 24 |
| AR Argentina | 167 | 1 in 272K | 167 | — | 1 |
| FI Finland | 37 | 1 in 151K | 37 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Girod is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, variant spelling of Giraud.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Italian, Variante di Gherardi
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Justin Girod-Chantransb. 1750FRFrench naturalist (1750-1841)
- P. Girodb. 1871FRFrench tennis player (1871–1926)
- Paul Girodb. 1878CHSwiss engineer (1878-1951)
- Renée Girodb. 1887CHSwiss physician and women's activist (1887–1962)
- Marie-Louise Girodb. 1915FRFrench organist (1915–2014)
- Paul Girodb. 1931FRFrench politician (1931–2021)
- Francis Girodb. 1944FRFrench film director, actor, screenwriter (1944–2006)
- Bastien Girodb. 1980CHSwiss politician
- Virginie Girodb. 1983FRFrench historian
- Pablo Zabaletab. 1985ARnot in their usual nameArgentine footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.5K | #11,843 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.7K | #16,876 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,367 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 748 | #1,648 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 685 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 614 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 612 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 578 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 557 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 546 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 475 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 465 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Girod?
- A machine transcription gives /ʒiʁɔd/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Girod mean?
- Recorded meaning: 282; französischer Familienname, Entsprechung zu Namen wie Gerwald, Gerhold usw.; zu G(e/i)rard vgl.
- In which country does Girod have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Girod in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled girod.
- Where is Girod most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Girod is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Girod?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,689 people named Girod in 2010, about 1 in 197 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/girodThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Girod”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.