Maynard
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | '''Maynard'''
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! Gender:
| Male
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! Origin:
| Germanic
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! Meaning:
| ''"Strength hardy"''
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'''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==
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