Packard Family History
Packard Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pak(e) ‘pack bundle’ + the Anglo-Norman French pejorative suffix -ard probably a derogatory occupational name for a peddler. English: pejorative derivative of the Middle English personal name Pack . Probably also an Americanized form of German Packert Päckert from ancient Germanic personal names formed with a word meaning ‘battle’ or ‘to fight’; or a variant of Packer 2 (with excrescent -t).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022