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Gender: Male Pronunciation: LARE-d Meaning of Laird: "lord of the land" Origin of Laird: Scottish

Laird Origin and Meaning

The name Laird is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "lord of the land".

Laird is a Scottish title for the landed gentry – it ranks just below a Baron – with a pleasantly distinctive Scottish burr that must have appealed to Sharon Stone, who chose it for her son.

Laird Cregar was an early movie actor, known for playing creepy roles; Laird Hamilton is a famous American big-wave surfer.

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Famous People Named Laird

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(Samuel) Laird Cregar, American actor
Laird Hamilton, American surfer
Laird Koenig, American novelist
Laird Vonne, b. 2005, son of actress Sharon Stone
Macgregor Laird, Scottish explorer
Peter Laird, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Pop Culture References for the name Laird

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Laird, character in "In the Gloaming" by Alice Elliott Dark
Laird Mayhew, character in the film, "Why Him?"

Comments

Mhill46 Says:

2017-06-06T01:55:03

Too close to "lard".

MonikerWanderer Says:

2017-01-26T03:23:17

Sounds like Lard.