Paillard
surname · Latin script
Meaning: bawdy, lewd
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/pajaʁ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Paillard is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 35K
- BEBelgium1 in 733K
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)
- Record sources
- 238 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,100 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)bawdy, lewd
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Paillard 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 | #936 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 717 | Paillard | 238 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 239 | 1 in 35K | 239 | Paillard | 26 |
| US United States | — | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 7.1M | listed | Paillard | 37 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 942K | — | Paillard | 21 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 2.2M | 18 | Paillard | 14 |
| BE Belgium | — | 16 | 1 in 733K | 16 | Paillard | 9 |
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); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)Paillard is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A slice of meat pounded thin and grilled.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, paillard (grilled sirloin)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nrm, tramp, vagabond
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)- Victor Paillardb. 1805FRFrench sculptor (1805–1886)
- Henri Paillardb. 1846FRFrench artist (1846-1912)
- Georges Paillardb. 1904FRFrench cyclist (1904-1998)
- Jean Saint-Fort Paillardb. 1913FRFrench military officer and equestrian
- Claude Paillardb. 1923CHSwiss architect (1923-2004)
- Jean-François Paillardb. 1928FRFrench conductor (1928–2013)
- Anne Pracheb. 1931FRnot in their usual nameFrench Art Historian
- Loïc Paillardb. 1950FRFrench screenwriter
- Didier Paillardb. 1954FRFrench politician
- Jean-François Paillardb. 1961FRFrench jourrnalist
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)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 947 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 921 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 846 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 833 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 717 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 708 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 704 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 660 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 553 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 536 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 412 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 239 | #5,363 |
Reference works 2
- 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 Paillard mean, and where does it come from?
- bawdy, lewd Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Paillard?
- A machine transcription gives /pajaʁ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Paillard have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.1 thousand people named Paillard in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled paillard.
- How common is the name Paillard?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 239 people named Paillard in 2024, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
- How common is Paillard compared with other names?
- In France, Paillard is the 936th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Paillard?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/paillardThe 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, “Paillard” — the 936th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.