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Otherwise (and so
sorry not to agree with you on this point), I am not sure that the "name"
Abelard (either "surname" or "nickname") is from Breton (Celtic)
origin and should be "etymologized" as *(M)ap-Elar(d) (i.e. Elard's son) :
Abelard as a surname was very common in Maine, Anjou, Poitou (see for example
the results found within the "Centre Généalogique du Maine-et-Loire", by
clicking the following link : http://cgw49.free.fr/patronymes.php?p=Abbelard,%20Abbellard,%20Abeilard,%20Abelard,%20Abellard,%20Abeslard,%20Habellard).
Thank you VERY much for this reference
- I will follow it up.
Brenda.
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