Maynard surname meaning

Maynard is an English surname of Norman origin, and a French surname, from the personal name Mainard (Old French Mainard). That name comes from ancient Germanic Maganhard or Meginard, joining magin-, “power” or “might,” with hard-, “brave” or “hardy.” After the Conquest the name took root in England as a hereditary surname; Mainard and Minard are spelling cousins, and French Ménard / Menard is a cognate sometimes Americanized to Maynard. Parent’s name is the type for a surname transferred from a given name, and the Maganhard reading is high confidence.