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Position:Home>Genealogy> What are the correct spellings of the last name Bird if you are from?Question:the south, in the USA? I'm looking for all spellings of this name. Thank You. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: the south, in the USA? I'm looking for all spellings of this name. Thank You. There's no such thing as a "correct" spelling, just name variations. I plugged Bird into a name variation search and got: Baird Barad Bard Barda Barde Bardi Bardo Bardy Barid Barrd Bart Barud Beard Beerd Berd Berda Berde Berdy Berid Berrd Bert Biard Biart Bierd Biord Biort Bird Birde Birdee Birdie Birdt Biret Birot Birt Birte Birth Board Boord Bord Borda Borde Bordo Bordt Bordy Borod Bort Bourd Brad Brda Bred Brid Brida Bride Bridi Brit Brod Brot Broud Broyd Brud Buird Burd Burda Burde Burdo Burt Byrd Bird Byrd Berd yeah no real 'correct' spelling. i'd say just regular ole Bird. The correct way to spell a person's name is how they spell their name. The correct way to pronounce a person's name is the way they pronounce their name. One common fact of genealogy is that records will NOT always show the spelling as you are used to it. It will be shown in various ways, by different persons, and may refer to exactly the same individual. One brother spells it Byrd, the other brother and desc. uses the Bird spelling. It does not change their relationship, or ancestry. Shift thinking from what we know today... to what the customs were, in the 1800s. Most people were illiterate. Not to give your English teacher a heart attack.. but spelling is very minor in genealogy. |