Bird (family name)

Bird is an English family name , analogous to the German family name Vogel .

Origin and meaning

Bird ( English for " bird ") is an originally occupational English family name for someone who raised or hunted birds.

Name bearer

family name

• Adrian Peter Bird (* 1947), British geneticist
• Alex Bird (* 1985), Australian cyclist
• Andrew Bird (film editor) (* 1957), British film editor and translator
• Andrew Bird (rower) (born 1967), New Zealand rower
• Andrew Bird (musician) (* 1973), American musician
• Antonia Bird (1951–2013), British film director and producer
• Arthur Bird (1856–1923), American composer, organist and pianist
• Betty Bird (1901–1998), Austrian actress
• Billie Bird (1908–2002), American actress and comedian
• Brad Bird (born 1957), American filmmaker
• Caroline Bird (1915–2011), American author, see Sexism
• Christopher Bird (1928–1996), American botanist and science journalist
• Dane Bird-Smith (* 1992), Australian walker
• Eugene Bird (1926-2005), American officer
• Florence Bayard Bird (1908–1998), Canadian journalist, suffragette
• Forrest M. Bird (1921–2015), American inventor and medical doctor
• Francis Bird (1667–1731), English sculptor
• Frank Bird (1918–1983), British Air Force officer
• Friedrich Bird (1791-1851), German psychiatrist
• Gerald Bird (* 1928), sailor for the West Indian Federation
• Golding Bird (1815-1854), English physician
• Henry Bird (officer) , American officer
• Henry Bird (Governor) , British colonial governor
• Henry Edward Bird (1829-1908), British chess player
• Ian Bird (born 1970), Canadian hockey player
• Isabella Bird (1831–1904), English writer
• Jabari Bird (* 1994), American basketball player
• Jessica Bird (pseudonym JR Ward ; * 1969), American author
• John Bird (astronomer) (1709–1776), English astronomer
• John Bird (politician, 1768) (1768–1806), American lawyer and politician
• John Bird (politician, 1926) (1926–1997) British politician
• John Bird (actor) (born 1936), English actor
• John Bird, Baron Bird (* 1946), British entrepreneur and politician
• John T. Bird (1829–1911), American politician
• Kenneth Bird (1887-1965), British cartoonist
• Kicking Bird (1835–1875), chief of the Kiowa
• Larry Bird (born 1956), American basketball player
• Laurie Bird (1953–1979), American actress and photographer
• Lester Bird (* 1938), politician from Antigua and Barbuda
• Martina Topley-Bird (* 1975), British singer
• Mary Bird (1910–2002), American ski racer
• Mary Brave Bird (1954–2013), American civil rights activist and author
• Nancy Bird-Walton (1915-2009), Australian pilot
• Nicholas Bird (* 1994), American actor and voice actor
• Nikki Amuka-Bird (born 1976), British actress
• Paul Bernard Bird (born 1949), Australian priest, Bishop of Ballarat
• Pauline Bird-Hart (* 1957), British rower
• Richard Ely Bird (1878–1955), American politician
• Robert Byron Bird (* 1924), American chemist
• Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854), American novelist and playwright
• Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936–1999), American lawyer
• Sam Bird (* 1987), British racing driver
• Sharon Bird (* 1962), Australian politician
• Simon Bird (* 1984), British comedian, actor and screenwriter
• Stephen Bird (* 1988), Australian canoe racer
• Sue Bird (* 1980), American basketball player
• Vere Cornwall Bird (1910–1999), politician from Antigua and Barbuda
• Wallis Bird (* 1982), Irish musician
• Will R. Bird (1891-1984), Canadian writer
• William Bird (lawyer) (1560 / 1561-1624), English lawyer and politician
• William Bird , pseudonym of Enzo Fiermonte (1908–1993), Italian boxer and actor

"Bird" as a nickname

• Thongchai McIntyre (* 1958), Thai singer and actor
• Charlie Parker (1920–1955), American jazz saxophonist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bird on surnames.behindthename.com (Engl.)