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What does Lord mean?
Lord 
as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Lord is "loaf-keeper". In modern terms, someone with power and authority. See also Earl and Duke. Actor Jack Lord.
STARTS WITH Lo-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, keeper (defender), modern, power
Variations
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA EARL Erl, Irl
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lord Louis (L.L.), ..
How popular is Lord?
Lord is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#1399 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Duke (#531 FROM RECENT DATA), Earl (#1664) and Irl are the popular alternative forms of Lord (NOT IN TOP 2000). Adoption of these forms of Lord was well-received in the 1890s (ADOPTION OF 0.74%) and has become much less since (ADOPTION 0.03%, ▼95.3%), with the version Earl becoming less fashionable. Earl is more familiar than the rest, although Duke seems to be getting popular too. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Lord is pronounced similarly to Laird. Other recommended sound-alike names are Ard, Bard, Bird, Byrd, Card, Cord, Dard, Ferd, Ford▲, Gard, Gjord, Gyrd, Kord, Lad, Ladd, Land, Lark, Lars, Lary, Laud, Lind, Lloyd▼, Lock, Loeb, Loew, Loki, Lon▼, Long, Lonn, Loran, Loren▼, Lorin, Lorn, Lorne, Loron, Lorry, Loryn, Lot, Lou▼, Lowe, Loy, Loyd▼, Njord and Ward▼. These names tend to be more frequently used than Lord.
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