Maynard 261706 226001212 2008-07-16T11:42:27Z 121.220.102.238 /* Fictional Maynards */ {| class="infobox bordered" style="width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;" |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''Maynard''' |- ! Gender: | Male |- ! Origin: | Germanic |- ! Meaning: | ''"Strength hardy"'' |- | colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;" | {{{footnotes|}}} |} '''Maynard''' can refer to: ==Name== It is a surname (and, on occasion, forename) used across the English-speaking world.<ref name="penguin">Basil Cottle, ''The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames'' ISBN 0-14-051032-X</ref> which comes from a [[Germanic Languages|Germanic]] root meaning 'strength hardy'.<ref name="penguin"/> Its evolution was from the original roots to various versions once used around [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] areas. They include ''Meginhard'', ''Mainhart'', ''Meginrad'' and ''Meinrad''<ref>Charlotte Mary Yonge, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=CBQaAAAAIAAJ&dq 'History of Christian Names]'' (1863) pp. 415</ref> Alternative spellings of the Anglic version are ''Mainard'', ''Maynhard''<ref name="last">[http://last-names.net/surname.asp?surname=Mainard;Maynard Last Name Meanings<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, ''Maignard'' and ''Maynerd''<ref>Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=zQPnB1IAjUsC&dq A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames With Special American Instances]'' (1996) pp. 524 ISBN 0806300221.</ref> Its area of origin was the [[West Country]] of England.<ref name="penguin"/> In non-Germanic places, variant forms are [[French language|French]] ''Menard'' and [[Italian language|Italian]] ''Mainardi'', ''Menardi'' and ''Menarde''<ref>Elsdon Coles Smith, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=SZAYAAAAIAAJ&dq=&pgis=1 New Dictionary of American Family Names]'' pp. 330-350</ref>. In the [[USA|United States]], it is most commonly found on the South-Eastern fringes of the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] in [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[West Virginia]]<ref name="white">[http://names.whitepages.com/Ohio/last/Maynard Maynard as a last name in Ohio : WhitePages.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. The popularity of the name then spreads outwards, becoming less dense when it reaches [[Wisconsin]], [[Missouri]] and [[Alabama]]. Anomalies are [[Texas]] and [[Florida]] where there are higher populations.<ref name="white"/> ===Notable Maynards=== * [[Brad Maynard]], American football [[punter (American football)|punter]] and [[holder (American football)|holder]]. * [[Maynard James Keenan]], singer for the bands [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[A Perfect Circle]] and [[Puscifer]] * [[Maynard Jack Ramsay]], American [[entomologist]] * [[John Maynard Keynes]], English economist * [[John Maynard Smith]], British evolutionary biologist and geneticist * [[Maynard Jackson]], former mayor of [[Atlanta, Georgia]] * [[Maynard C. Krueger]], socialist professor and politician * [[David Swinson Maynard|"Doc" Maynard ]], noted figure in early [[Cleveland, Ohio]] and [[Seattle, Washington]] * [[Don Maynard]], [[American football]] player * [[Bill Maynard]], British comedy actor * [[Joyce Maynard]], American author * [[Robert Maynard]], the Royal Navy officer who beheaded the pirate [[Blackbeard]] * [[Maynard Ferguson]], legendary jazz trumpeter * [[Edward Maynard]], American firearms inventor * [[Ken Maynard]], American motion picture stuntman and actor * [[Ken Maynard (cartoonist)]], Australian cartoonist * [[Maynard Crabbes]], [[Disc jockey|DJ]] and [[VJ]] for the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] * [[Horace Maynard]], Tennessee Congressman and U.S. Postmaster General * [[Jay Maynard]], computer programmer and system administrator. He is most famous for his electroluminiscent Tron Guy costume. * [[Nicky Maynard]], Crewe Alexandra FC Striker ===Fictional Maynards=== * [[Maynard G. Krebs]], a character from "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" * Maynard, a character from [[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]] * Maynard John, a rival assassin in [[Hitman: Blood Money]] * Maynard Delfino, Child of Susan and Mike Delfino in [[Desperate Housewives]] * Brother Maynard, Keeper of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]] Luke Maynard best AFL player ever lived ==Places== ===In the [[United States|United States of America]]=== * [[Maynard, Massachusetts]] * [[Maynard, Minnesota]] * [[Maynard, Arkansas]] ==Other== * [[Maynard Electronics]], an American company that manufactured tape drives in the 1990s * [[Wine gums|Maynard's Wine Gums]], chewey candies invented in 1909 by Charles Gordon Maynard ==References== <small><references/></small> {{disambig}} [[de:Maynard]] [[fr:Maynard]] [[pl:Maynard]] [[vo:Maynard]]