Bouchard Family History
Bouchard Name Meaning
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Burchard composed of the elements burg ‘protection’ and hard ‘hard strong’. French: in some cases possibly also a nickname for someone with a big mouth (in either a literal or figurative sense) from bouche ‘mouth’ + the pejorative suffix -ard. Compare Buschor Bushard Bushaw and Bushor . English: sometimes a variant of Butcher .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022