Jacquard
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: Surname derived from Jacques; one of many common French surname variants
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ʒakaʁ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jacquard is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Surname derived from Jacques; one of many common French surname variants.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Tên Họ Người Việt Nam
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Jacquard is read
(measured from records)Jacquard is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French73%
Surname derived from Jacques; one of many common French surname variants.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
jaquard (all senses)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), mécanicien lyonnais, inventa en 1804 un métier à tisser qui permettait de réaliser des tricots aux dessins assez complexes. On appelle encore jacquards des tricots faits à la main ou à la machine et qui s’inspirent des dessins du tissu Jacquard. Littré écrit Jacquart et jacquart.
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
- English23%
Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Joseph Marie Charles, French
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
inventor
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Joseph Marie Jacquardb. 1752FRFrench inventor
- Albert Jacquardb. 1925FRFrench biologist (1925–2013)
- Roland Jacquardb. 1945FRFrench journalist
- Gilles Jacquardb. 1955FRFrench politician
- Robert Jacquardb. 1958USAmerican politician
- Alain Jacquardb. 1959FRFrench politician
- Françoise Jacquardb. 1960FRFrench politician
- Sébastien Jacquardb. 1976FRFrench politician
- Cédric Jacquardb. 1977FRresearcher
- Antoine JacquardFRFrench draftsman and engraver, active 1616, died ca. 1640 (1652)
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)15 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 211 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 208 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 199 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 198 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 176 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 149 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 141 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 126 | #133,863 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 124 | #139,059 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 112 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 112 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 111 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- 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
- What does the name Jacquard mean, and where does it come from?
- Surname derived from Jacques; one of many common French surname variants. Recorded by Tên Họ Người Việt Nam.
- How do you pronounce Jacquard?
- A machine transcription gives /ʒakaʁ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Jacquard have the most bearers?
- Jacquard is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jacquard”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.