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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.