Bongard

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from German Bongard, from Middle Low German bom (“tree”) + gard (“garden”).
• A variant of the Dutch surname Boomgaard.
• Borrowed from French Bongard, a nickname for a servant, from bon (“good”) + gars (“servant; lad”).

Proper noun

Bongard (plural Bongards)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Bongard problem

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bongard is the 30916^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 752 individuals. Bongard is most common among White (94.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bongard”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191.

Anagrams

• Bragdon, ragbond