Legarda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Legarda, from Basque Legarda (literally “sandy place”).

Proper noun

Legarda (plural Legardas)

1. A surname from Basque.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Legarda is the 33280^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 687 individuals. Legarda is most common among Hispanic/Latino (79.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Legarda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 415.

Anagrams

• Lagarde, red alga

Basque

Etymology

From legar (“gravel, sand”) +‎ -da.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɡarda/ [le.ɣ̞ar.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -arda
• Hyphenation: Le‧gar‧da

Proper noun

Legarda inan or anim

1. A hamlet in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Spain
2. A village and municiaplity in Navarre, Spain
3. a habitational surname

Declension

Declension of Legarda (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)

		indefinite
absolutive		Legarda
ergative		Legardak
dative		Legardari
genitive		Legardaren
comitative		Legardarekin
causative		Legardarengatik
benefactive		Legardarentzat
instrumental		Legardaz
inessive	anim.	Legardarengan
	inanim.	Legardan
locative	anim.	—
	inanim.	Legardako
allative	anim.	Legardarengana
	inanim.	Legardara
terminative	anim.	Legardarenganaino
	inanim.	Legardaraino
directive	anim.	Legardarenganantz
	inanim.	Legardarantz
destinative	anim.	Legardarenganako
	inanim.	Legardarako
ablative	anim.	Legardarengandik
	inanim.	Legardatik
partitive		Legardarik
prolative		Legardatzat

Derived terms

• legardar

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: Legarda
  • → English: Legarda
  • → Tagalog: Legarda

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Legarda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɡaɾda/ [leˈɣ̞aɾ.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾda
• Syllabification: Le‧gar‧da

Proper noun

Legarda m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque

Descendants

• → English: Legarda
• → Tagalog: Legarda

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Legarda, from Basque Legarda.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /leˈɡaɾda/ [lɛˈɣaɾ.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾda
• Syllabification: Le‧gar‧da

Proper noun

Legarda (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜇ᜔ᜇ)

1. a surname from Basque

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Legarda is the 2,513th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 4,833 individuals.